Appetite for prevention genetics and developmental epidemiology join forces in obesity research

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 309-311

  Belsky, Daniel W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; EDITORIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FTO GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SATIETY RESPONSE;

EID: 84898417087     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.5291     Document Type: Editorial

References (17)

1. North KE, Graff M, Adair LS, et al. Genetic epidemiology of BMI and body mass change from adolescence to young adulthood. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010;18(7):1474-1476.
2. Plomin R, Daniels D.Why are children in the same family so different from one another? Behav Brain Sci. 1987;10(1):1-16. doi:10.1017 /S0140525X00055941.
3. Llewellyn CH, Trzaskowski M, Plomin R,Wardle J. Finding themissing heritability in pediatric obesity. Int J Obes (Lond). 2013;37(11):1506-1509.
4. Bouchard C. Gene-environment interactions in the etiology of obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008;16(suppl 3):S5-S10.
5. Popkin BM, Duffey K, Gordon-Larsen P. Environmental influences on food choice, physical activity and energy balance. Physiol Behav. 2005;86(5):603-613.
6. Dietz WH. Overweight in childhood and adolescence. N Engl J Med. 2004;350(9):855-857.
7. El-Sayed Moustafa JS, Froguel P. From obesity genetics to the future of personalized obesity therapy. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2013;9(7):402-413.
8. Belsky DW, Moffitt TE, Houts R, et al. Polygenic risk, rapid childhood growth, and the development of obesity. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(6):515-521.
9. van Jaarsveld CHM, Boniface D, Llewellyn CH, Wardle J. Appetite and growth: a longitudinal sibling analysis [published online February 17, 2014]. JAMA Pediatr. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.4951.
10. Llewellyn CH, Trzaskowski M, van Jaarsveld CHM, Plomin R,Wardle J. Satiety mechanisms in genetic risk of obesity [published online February 17, 2014]. JAMA Pediatr. doi:10.1001 /jamapediatrics.2013.4944.
11. Kilpeläinen TO, Qi L, Brage S, et al. Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk. PLoS Med. 2011;8(11):e1001116.
12. Elks CE, Loos RJF, Sharp SJ, et al. Genetic markers of adult obesity risk are associated with greater early infancy weight gain and growth. PLoS Med. 2010;7(5):e1000284.
13. Wardle J, Carnell S, Haworth CMA, Farooqi IS, O'Rahilly S, Plomin R. Obesity associated genetic variation in FTO is associated with diminished satiety. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008;93(9):3640-3643.
14. Plomin R, Haworth CM, Davis OS. Common disorders are quantitative traits. Nat Rev Genet. 2009;10(12):872-878.
15. Belsky DW, Moffitt TE, Caspi A. Genetics in population health science. Am J Public Health. 2013;103(suppl 1):S73-S83.
16. Qi Q, Chu AY, Kang JH, et al. Sugar-sweetened beverages and genetic risk of obesity. N Engl J Med. 2012;367(15):1387-1396.
17. Li S, Zhao JH, Luan J, et al. Physical activity attenuates the genetic predisposition to obesity in 20,000 men and women from EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study. PLoS Med. 2010;7(8):1-9.