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

On the futility of screening for genes that make you fat.

Veerman JL.

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

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Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children. [PLoS Med. 2011]
Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children.Kilpeläinen TO, Qi L, Brage S, Sharp SJ, Sonestedt E, Demerath E, Ahmad T, Mora S, Kaakinen M, Sandholt CH, et al. PLoS Med. 2011 Nov; 8(11):e1001116. Epub 2011 Nov 1.

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