A gene-diet interaction controlling relative intake of dietary carbohydrates and fats

• Main Authors: Nnamdi G. Nelson (Author), Lili Wu (Author), Matthew T. Maier (Author), Diana Lam (Author), Rachel Cheang (Author), Diana Alba (Author), Alyssa Huang (Author), Drexel A. Neumann (Author), Tess Hill (Author), Eirini Vagena (Author), Gregory S. Barsh (Author), Marisa W. Medina (Author), Ronald M. Krauss (Author), Suneil K. Koliwad (Author), Allison W. Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Preference for dietary fat vs. carbohydrate varies markedly across free-living individuals. It is recognized that food choice is under genetic and physiological regulation, and that the central melanocortin system is involved. However, how genetic and dietary factors interact to regulate...