Prevalence of genetic causes of obesity in clinical practice.

Jaclyn G TamaroffDylan WilliamsonJames C SlaughterMeng XuGitanjali SrivastavaAshley H Shoemaker

Published in: Obesity science & practice (2023)

Overall, clinical suspicion for genetic obesity is important in determining who requires genetic testing but no clinical factors were found to predict results. While obesity is multifactorial, novel medications for genetic forms of obesity indicate the need for evidence-based guidelines for who requires genetic testing for obesity.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
clinical practice
genome wide
adipose tissue
gene expression