Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 760-765 , July 2010

Melanocortin-3 receptor gene variants: Association with childhood obesity and eating behavior in Chilean families

  • A.M. Obregón, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of de Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA) University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • P. Amador, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of de Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • ,
  • M. Valladares, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of de Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA) University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • ,
  • G. Weisstaub, M.D., M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA) University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • ,
  • R. Burrows, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA) University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • ,
  • J.L. Santos, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of de Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +56-23-543-862; fax: +56-26-338-298.

Received 13 March 2009 ,Accepted 1 July 2009.

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 This study was supported by grant 1061096 from FONDECYT, Chile.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00301-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.07.005

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 760-765 , July 2010

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