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| Title |
Behavioural Susceptibility Theory: Professor Jane Wardle and the Role of Appetite in Genetic Risk of Obesity
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| Published in |
Current Obesity Reports, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13679-017-0247-x |
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| Authors |
Clare H. Llewellyn, Alison Fildes |
| Abstract |
There is considerable variability in human body weight, despite the ubiquity of the 'obesogenic' environment. Human body weight has a strong genetic basis and it has been hypothesised that genetic susceptibility to the environment explains variation in human body weight, with differences in appetite being implicated as the mediating mechanism; so-called 'behavioural susceptibility theory' (BST), first described by Professor Jane Wardle. This review summarises the evidence for the role of appetite as a mediator of genetic risk of obesity. Variation in appetitive traits is observable from infancy, drives early weight gain and is highly heritable in infancy and childhood. Obesity-related common genetic variants identified through genome-wide association studies show associations with appetitive traits, and appetite mediates part of the observed association between genetic risk and adiposity. Obesity results from an interaction between genetic susceptibility to overeating and exposure to an 'obesogenic' food environment. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 47 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 22 | 47% |
| Australia | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Denmark | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| China | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 15 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 19 | 40% |
| Members of the public | 13 | 28% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 13 | 28% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 155 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 155 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 28 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 9% |
| Researcher | 12 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 14% |
| Unknown | 48 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 16% |
| Psychology | 22 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 10% |
| Unknown | 58 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 38. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 May 2022.
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#67
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