Genetic associations with consumption of palatable foods in the absence of hunger in response to food cues in children.

Dabin Yeum Timothy J RenierTravis D MastersonDelaina D CarlsonGrace A BallarinoReina K LansiganRuth J F LoosJennifer A EmondDiane Gilbert-Diamond

Published in: Pediatric obesity (2024)

The results suggest children with the FTO rs9939609 risk allele may be predisposed to excess consumption of candy and that this association may be exacerbated by food cues.

Keyphrases

human health
risk assessment
young adults
genome wide
gene expression
copy number