On the futility of screening for genes that make you fat.
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 22069377.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001114 and PMC identifier 3206018.
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Abstract
J. Lennert Veerman discusses the implications for genetic screening of findings showing that physical activity substantially attenuates the effects of genetic variants which predispose towards obesity.
Medical subject headings
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Motor Activity
- Obesity
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Proteins