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The Genetics of Obesity: Genetic Mutation, Possible Marker for Obesity?

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  • — 7 Feb, 2007
The Genetics of Obesity: Genetic Mutation, Possible Marker for Obesity?
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Sadaf Farooqi

SADAF FAROOQI, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK

REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 356:237-47
Gene defects and mutations could be markers for early onset obesity. This is according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine which concludes that the leptin receptor should be further explored as a cause of obesity, along with other genetic factors emerging from a multinational study called: the Genetics of Obesity Study. Sarah Maxwell heard the latest from Sadaf Farooqi in Cambridge, England.

[audio:https://www.audiomedica.com/podcasting/global_health/070207_sadaf_farooqi_podcast.mp3]

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