The FTO gene rs9939609 obesity-risk allele and loss of control over eating.

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Published in Am J Clin Nutr on October 14, 2009

Authors

Marian Tanofsky-Kraff1, Joan C Han, Kavitha Anandalingam, Lauren B Shomaker, Kelli M Columbo, Laura E Wolkoff, Merel Kozlosky, Camden Elliott, Lisa M Ranzenhofer, Caroline A Roza, Susan Z Yanovski, Jack A Yanovski

Author Affiliations

1: Unit on Growth and Obesity, Program on Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD.

Associated clinical trials:

Eating Behavior in Children | NCT00320177

Metabolic Differences of Overweight Children and Children of Overweight Parents | NCT00001522

Endocrine Studies of Healthy Children | NCT00001195

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