GLOBAL HEALTH: The Genetics of Obesity: Genetic Mutation, Possible Marker for Obesity?

Audio Journal of Global Health Issues The Genetics of Obesity: Genetic Mutation, Possible Marker for Obesity? REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007;356:237-47 SADAF FAROOQI, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK Gene defects and mutations could be markers for early onset obesity. This is according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine which concludes that the leptin receptor should be further explored as a cause of obesity, along with other genetic factors emerging from a multinational study called: the Genetics of Obesity Study. Sarah Maxwell heard the latest from Sadaf Farooqi in Cambridge, England.