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Research from University of Navarra has provided new information about body weight prevention

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 15th, 2010

Scientists discuss in 'A 3-year intervention with a Mediterranean diet modified the association between the rs9939609 gene variant in FTO and body weight changes' new findings in body weight. "The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of the rs9939609 (T/A) gene variant in fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) on body weight changes after 3 years and its modification by a randomized nutritional intervention with a Mediterranean-style diet in a population of subjects at high cardiovascular risk. A substudy of PREDIMED, which is a randomized trial aimed at assessing the effect of the Mediterranean diet (MD) for primary cardiovascular disease prevention," researchers in Spain...

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