A variant in the fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) and variants near the melanocortin-4 receptor gene (MC4R) do not influence dietary intake

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 831-834

  Hasselbalch, Ann L ^a   Ngquist, Lars Ä ^a   Christiansen, Lene ^c   Heitmann, Berit L ^b   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^c   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED GENE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; OBESITY; RECEPTOR GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EATING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949707431     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.114439     Document Type: Article

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