Eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) has been extensively studied over the past two
decades and has been associated with excess body weight and the development of obesity …

Background Cardiometabolic risk factors (impaired fasting glucose, abdominal obesity, high
blood pressure, dyslipidemia) cluster in children, may predict adult disease burden, and are …

Previous studies indicate that eating behaviours and food cravings are associated with
increased BMI and obesity. However, the interaction between these behaviours and other …

Background: Obesity occurs due to the interaction between the genetic background and
environmental factors, including an increased food intake and a sedentary lifestyle …

Genome‐wide association studies have revealed a plethora of genetic variants that
correlate with polygenic conditions. However, causal molecular mechanisms have proven …

Childhood metabolic syndrome (MetS) is prevalent around the world and is associated with
a high likelihood of suffering from severe diseases such as cardiovascular disease later in …

Background and purpose: As the incidence of global obesity increases, concerns about
adverse health outcomes in adolescents continues to rise. The complexity and expense of …

It is the purpose of this review to compare differences in postnatal epigenetic programming
at the level of DNA and RNA methylation and later obesity risk between infants receiving …

Intronic polymorphisms in the α-ketoglutarate–dependent dioxygenase gene (FTO) that are
highly associated with increased body weight have been implicated in the transcriptional …

The fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) has been extensively reported in the
literature related to nutritional status, but there has been limited description of the genetic …