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Although common obesity has a strong genetic component, there has been little success in the discovery of the underlying genetic causes. This has now changed, as two independent studies demonstrate strong association between variants in a gene called FTO and obesity.

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  1. Leif Groop is in the Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology Unit and Lund University Diabetes Centre, Lund University, University Hospital Malmö, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden. leif.groop@med.lu.se,

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Groop, L. From fused toes in mice to human obesity. Nat Genet 39, 706–707 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0607-706

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