The FTO gene and measured food intake in children.

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Published in Int J Obes (Lond) on October 07, 2008

Authors

J Wardle1, C Llewellyn, S Sanderson, R Plomin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London, Gower Street, 2-16 Torrington Place, London, UK. j.wardle@ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Genetic Predisposition to Food Cue Reactivity in Children | NCT03766191

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