Dietary energy density affects fat mass in early adolescence and is not modified by FTO variants.

Dietary energy density affects fat mass in early adolescence and is not modified by FTO variants.

BACKGROUND:Dietary energy density (DED) does not have a simple linear relationship to fat mass in children, which suggests that some children are more susceptible than others to the effects of DED. Children with the FTO (rs9939609) variant that increases the risk of obesity may have a higher suscept...

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Main Authors: Laura Johnson, Cornelia H M van Jaarsveld, Pauline M Emmett, Imogen S Rogers, Andy R Ness, Andrew T Hattersley, Nicholas J Timpson, George Davey Smith, Susan A Jebb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2644761?pdf=render

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