ea0039s3.1 | Symposia 3 Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes | BSPED2015
Farooqi Sadaf
Childhood obesity is a major and growing clinical concern strongly influenced by environmental factors such as changes in diet and levels of physical activity. However, within a given environment, some children develop severe obesity which is strongly influenced by inherited factors which modulate eating behaviour and energy expenditure. We have studied a cohort of individuals with severe, early onset severe obesity (n=6000) called the Genetics of Obesity Study (GOOS)...