Sentences with phrase «several obesity genes»
Several obesity genes have been documented in the past, but they each have only a small effect on weight.
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«So that highlights that there are going to be several genes involved with obesity, and they're going to interact with each other in complicated ways.
«The BDNF gene has previously been linked to obesity, and scientists have been working for several years to understand how changes in this particular gene may predispose people to obesity,» said Jack A. Yanovski, M.D., Ph.D., one of the study authors and an investigator at NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
In its population gene discovery work, deCODE has mapped several key genes linked to obesity and has gathered detailed genotypic and clinical data from more than 10,000 adult volunteers among the Icelandic population.
Several candidate genes for obesity and T2D (e.g., IRS1 and VEGFA) were differentially expressed in discordant twins.
Soon several other scientists revealed ADCY3 findings associating positive correlations between severe obesity and mutations in the gene.
«Dark chocolate, a high source of polyphenols, and flavanols in particular, has lately received attention for its possible role in modulating obesity because of its potential effect on fat and carbohydrate metabolism, as well as on satiety... The research undertaken to date has shown promising results, with the possible implication of cocoa / dark chocolate in the modulation of obesity and body weight through several mechanisms including decreasing the expression of genes involved in fatty acid synthesis, reducing the digestion and absorption of fats and carbohydrates and increasing satiety.»