hrp0086s6.1 | Prevention of childhood obesity | ESPE2016

Long-term Consequences of Childhood Obesity: The Impact of Genes and Lifestyle

Franks Paul

In most complex traits, susceptibility to certain risk exposures and response to clinical interventions in is under genetic control, a concept broadly termed “gene-environment interaction”. Although in animals and in plants there is evidence supporting this notion, in humans most evidence is confined to rare monogenic disorders. In complex diseases like type 2 diabetes and obesity, interactions between genetic and environmental risk factors are likely to begin very e...