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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2018

ey0015.11-21 | Diet and the genes | ESPEYB15

11.21 Improving adherence to healthy dietary patterns, genetic risk, and long term weight gain: gene-diet interaction analysis in two prospective cohort studies

T Wang , Y Heianza , D Sun , T Huang , W Ma , EB Rimm , JE Manson , FB Hu , WC Willett , L Qi

To read the full abstract: BMJ. 2018 Jan 10;360:j5644On the basis of scientific evidence and dietary recommendations, several diet quality scores have been developed to evaluate the healthfulness of dietary patterns. Previous studies show that improvement in adherence to healthy dietary patterns is associated with less weight gain (2, 3, 4). But, until now, no study had assessed the interaction betwe...