Polygenic Risk Scores Expand to Obesity.
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Abstract
Obesity is one of the most serious health challenges of our time. In this issue of Cell, Khera and co-authors demonstrate the striking ability of genetics, in the form of a polygenic risk score, to identify those individuals at high risk for obesity. This genetic risk expresses itself early as childhood obesity, reinforcing the notion that early prevention is essential to combatting the obesity epidemic.
Medical subject headings
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Multifactorial Inheritance