Monogenic Obesity

In a fraction of the population, obesity is due to rare mutations in single genes or chromosomal abnormalities, which typically result in early-onset & extreme obesity. Rare, high-risk genetic variations in roughly two dozen genes are known to cause monogenic obesity (Chung, 2012; Pigeyre et al., 2016). Many of the genes identified for Monogenic Obesity … Continue reading Monogenic Obesity