Detection of genes related to childhood obesity

A group of scientists from Cambridge University and the Sanger Research Institute, of the UK's Cambridge Willkomm Foundation, gave a study that showed that abnormal variation in the number of copies is the cause of obesity. in children.

Scientists conducted 3,000 children with obesity experiments, then conducted a complete examination of each child's chromosome and found abnormal phenomena of the number of copies.

It is this abnormal change that causes a deficiency of a particular gene in the chromosome SH2B1 number 16 of a child - a special gene that regulates weight and blood sugar index. When the body is deficient in this particular gene, it will strongly stimulate appetite and body weight significantly increases in children.

Previously, studies have shown abnormal changes in the number of replica variants that lead to diseases such as autism or disability, but this is the first time scientists have discovered clues. The relationship between obesity and the variation of the number of copies.

This new finding will help scientists find a more accurate way to diagnose obese children.