On the futility of screening for genes that make you fat

J Lennert Veerman

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001114

On the futility of screening for genes that make you fat

PLoS Med. 2011 Nov;8(11):e1001114. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001114. Epub 2011 Nov 1.

Author

J Lennert Veerman¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. l.veerman@uq.edu.au

Abstract

J. Lennert Veerman discusses the implications for genetic screening of findings showing that physical activity substantially attenuates the effects of genetic variants which predispose towards obesity.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
Humans
Male
Motor Activity*
Obesity / genetics*
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
Proteins / genetics*

Substances

Proteins
Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO
FTO protein, human