Heritability: The family roots of obesity

A Common Variant in the <i>FTO</i> Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity

Timothy M. Frayling, Nicholas J. Timpson, Michael N. Weedon et al. · Science · 2007 · 4.4K citations · Full text

Persistent epigenetic differences associated with prenatal exposure to famine in humans

Bastiaan T. Heijmans, Elmar W. Tobi, Aryeh D. Stein et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 3K citations · Full text

Epigenetic Change, Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology +17

Congenital leptin deficiency is associated with severe early-onset obesity in humans

I. Sadaf Farooqi, Jonathan P. Whitehead, Maria A. Soos et al. · Nature · 1997 · 2.9K citations · Full text

Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Nutrition +10

Clinical Spectrum of Obesity and Mutations in the Melanocortin 4 Receptor Gene

I. Sadaf Farooqi, Julia M. Keogh, Giles S.H. Yeo et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2003 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Obesity in Young Men after Famine Exposure in Utero and Early Infancy

Gian-Paolo Ravelli, Zena Stein, Mervyn Susser · New England Journal of Medicine · 1976 · 1.6K citations

Malnutrition, Nutrition, Food Intake +19