In childhood obesity, gene variants raise risk

A new study by paediatric researchers has added to the evidence that genes have a strong influence on childhood obesity. The study team searched across the whole genomes of thousands of obese children for copy number variations (CNVs) - deletions or duplications of DNA sequences. Although the CNVs they found are rare within the population, their data suggest that those individuals harbouring such variants are at a very high risk of becoming obese...

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