Obesity Abstracts

Background: Genotype has an effect on body weight that starts early in life and increases with time. Eating behaviour may be a mediator.Methods: We used a 97 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) polygenic score (PGS) to index genetic risk and the Adult Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (AEBQ), to measure 8 appetite traits among 2593 Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), when they were on average 23.8 (standard deviation (S.D.</s...