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The Role of Eating Behaviours in Genetic Susceptibility to Obesity.

Moritz P HerleAndrea D SmithAlice KininmonthClare Llewellyn
Published in: Current obesity reports (2021)
Twin studies have produced some evidence for a shared genetic aetiology underlying body mass index and eating behaviours. Studies using measured genetic susceptibility to obesity have suggested that increased genetic liability for obesity is associated with variation in obesogenic eating behaviours such as emotional and uncontrolled eating. More research on this topic is needed. Especially longitudinal studies using genetically sensitive designs to investigate the direction of genetic pathways between genetic liability of eating behaviours to weight and vice versa, as well as the potential subsequent link to eating disorders.
Keyphrases
  • weight loss
  • physical activity
  • genome wide
  • insulin resistance
  • metabolic syndrome
  • copy number
  • type diabetes
  • weight gain
  • body mass index
  • high fat diet induced
  • risk assessment
  • skeletal muscle
  • climate change