Genetics of Obesity


Genetics plays an important role in obesity. Genes can directly cause obesity with disorders such as Bardet-Biedi syndrome and Prader-willi syndrome. However genes do not always predict future health problems but genes and behavior may both be needed for a person to be overweight. Body Mass Index (BMI) >30 kg/m2, and it is  more than one in three children born in the early 21st  century will arise diabetes with a consequential reduction in lifetime expectancy.

Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, and osteoarticular disease, for several of the common forms of cancer and for serious psychiatric illness. Childhood obesity is associated with earlier type II diabetes and with an increased mortality risk for coronary heart disease in adults. Nowadays so many treatments and medications are available for the Genetics of obesity. Gene therapy is a wildly used treatment for obesity.

  • Physical activity
  • Work related physical activity
  • Hereditary factors

 

Obesity Conferences | Conferences on Obesity | Obesity and Diet Conferences | Top Obesity Conferences | Meetings on Obesity | Nutrition Conferences

Recommended Conferences:

World Obesity Summit 2018 Childhood Obesity Events World Obesity Conference Budapest 2018 | Annual Obesity Congress

Related Associations and Societies:

Obesity Action Coalition USA | National Association of Nutrition Professionals USA | Dieticians Association of Australia | Asia; Asian Society for Neuro-Oncology JapanThe Korean Nutrition Society, Asia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


    Related Conference of Genetics of Obesity

    January 28-29, 2026

    24th World Congress on Nutrition and Food Chemistry

    Zurich, Switzerland
    April 02-03, 2026

    7th European Food Chemistry Congress

    Geneva, Switzerland
    May 25-26, 2026

    9th European Food Science Congress

    Paris, France
    May 25-26, 2026

    20th International Conference on Food Microbiology

    Zurich, Switzerland
    May 25-26, 2026

    35th World Conference on Food and Beverages

    Zurich, Switzerland
    October 08-09, 2026

    30th International Conference on Food and Nutrition

    Rome, Italy
    October 29-30, 2026

    5th International Conference on Agroecology and Organic farming

    Aix-en-Provence, France

    Genetics of Obesity Conference Speakers

      Recommended Sessions

      Related Journals

      Are you interested in