Apple or pear: size and shape matter
Jingyuan Fu1, Marten Hofker2, Cisca Wijmenga3
1Molecular Genetics Section, Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9712 CP Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9712 CP Groningen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Obesity-related morbidity and mortality are related to fat accumulation and fat distribution in humans. Two large-scale meta-analyses recently published in Nature by Shungin et al. (2015) and Locke et al. (2015) report novel genetic associations for central and overall obesity; these greatly advance our understanding of the biology of obesity.
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