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15

(Childhood Obesity News) Mutation Linked to Childhood Obesity - Ivanhoe

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Matt Hurles from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, looked at 300 children with severe obesity. The team scanned each child’s genome looking for copy number variants (CNVs), or large chunks of DNA either duplicated or deleted from the genes. By identifying CNVs that were unique in children with severe obesity compared with over 7,000 healthy controls, researchers found certain parts of the genome were missing in some patients with severe obesity. Some of the children in the study had been formally placed on the Social Services “at risk” register on the assumption that the parents were deliberately overfeeding their children and causing their severe obesity. We hope that this will alter attitudes and practices amongst those with professional responsibility for the health and well-being of children. If this story or any other Ivanhoe story has impacted your life or prompted you or someone you know to seek or change treatments, please let us know by contacting Melissa Medalie at mmedalie@ivanhoe. Read Childhood Obesity

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