Obesity: are we any closer to identifying causes and effective treatments?
Previously, the medical profession did not regard obesity as a priority, partly because of the absence of effective therapies, and the biomedical research community showed little interest in investigating the problem. This has changed, however, and now molecular biology and molecular genetics provide the prospect of identifying individuals who are susceptible to developing obesity and potential therapeutic targets.
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School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, UK NG7 2UH. ian.macdonald@nottingham.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015431:Weight Loss