FTO gene variant and association with overweight in Brazilian male students

• Main Authors: José Fernando Vila Nova de Moraes (Author), Orlando Laitano (Author), Marcelo Magalhães Sales (Author), Ricardo Yukio Asano (Author), Vinícius Carolino de Souza (Author), Otávio de Toledo Nóbrega (Author), Carmen Sílvia Grubert Campbell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Obesity is considered a disease with multiple etiologies. Recent advances in technology have pointed candidate genes that are related to weight gain in several populations. However, in countries with ethnic miscegenation, such as Brazil, studies of this nature with students are still scarce. The aim...