Genetics of Obesity

Resolution of quantitative traits into Mendelian factors by using a complete linkage map of restriction fragment length polymorphisms

1988 • 1,513 citations

The Response to Long-Term Overfeeding in Identical Twins

1990 • 1,287 citations

The Body-Mass Index of Twins Who Have Been Reared Apart

1990 • 1,283 citations

Reduced Rate of Energy Expenditure as a Risk Factor for Body-Weight Gain

1988 • 1,210 citations

A Twin Study of Human Obesity

1986 • 872 citations

Familial Dependence of the Resting Metabolic Rate

1986 • 409 citations

GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON LEVEL OF HABITUAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE PARTICIPATION

1989 • 332 citations

The Response to Exercise with Constant Energy Intake in Identical Twins

1994 • 322 citations

Impaired type II glucocorticoid-receptor function in mice bearing antisense RNA transgene

1992 • 313 citations

Inheritance of the amount and distribution of human body fat

1989 • 277 citations

Genetics of aerobic and anaerobic performances.

1992 • 271 citations

Genetics of obesity in adult adoptees and their biological siblings.

1989 • 240 citations

Genetic effect in resting and exercise metabolic rates

1989 • 206 citations

Current understanding of the etiology of obesity: genetic and nongenetic factors

1991 • 206 citations

The genetic and environmental sources of body mass index variability: the Muscatine Ponderosity Family Study.

1991 • 182 citations

Familial resemblance in energy intake: contribution of genetic and environmental factors

1988 • 146 citations

Rat obesity gene fatty (fa) maps to chromosome 5: evidence for homology with the mouse gene diabetes (db).

1991 • 136 citations

The nature and individuality of within-subject variation in energy intake

1991 • 132 citations

Body fat in identical twins reared apart: Roles for genes and environment

1991 • 124 citations

Tackling a weighty problem

1992 • 123 citations

Evidence for independent genetic influences on obesity in middle age.

1992 • 117 citations

Common major gene inheritance of extreme overweight.

1990 • 108 citations

Combined linkage and segregation analysis using regressive models.

1988 • 108 citations

Genotype-controlled changes in body composition and fat morphology following overfeeding in twins

1986 • 101 citations

Segregation analysis of fat mass and other body composition measures derived from underwater weighing.

1993 • 96 citations

Genetic Analysis of Anthropometric Measures in 11-Year-Old Twins: The Medical College of Virginia Twin Study

1990 • 83 citations

A twin analysis of dietary intake: Evidence for a need to control for possible environmental differences in MZ and DZ twins

1978 • 83 citations

Inter-generation transmission of physical fitness in the Canadian population.

1988 • 81 citations

Lifestyle factors in monozygotic and dizygotic twins

1988 • 76 citations

Genetic and environmental contributions to the variance of the body mass index in a Norwegian sample of first‐ and second‐degree relatives

1991 • 72 citations

Fatness and obesity of the parents of obese individuals

1989 • 72 citations

Familial resemblance in lifestyle components: results from the Canada Fitness Survey.

1988 • 69 citations

Molecular mapping of obesity genes

1991 • 66 citations

Resting Metabolic Rate in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins

1985 • 63 citations

Recessive inheritance of a relative fat pattern.

1989 • 57 citations

Commingling analysis of generalized body mass and composition measures: the Québec Family Study.

1991 • 44 citations

Path analysis of family resemblance with temporal trends: applications to height, weight, and Quetelet index in northeastern Brazil.

1985 • 44 citations

Sensitivity to overfeeding: the Quebec experiment with identical twins.

1988 • 39 citations

Commingling analysis of regional fat distribution measures: the Québec family study.

1992 • 36 citations

Heredity and changes in body composition and adipose tissue metabolism after short-term exercise-training

1987 • 33 citations

Familial resemblance of body fat distribution: the Minneapolis Children's Blood Pressure Study.

1992 • 32 citations

Childhood onset (age less than 10) obesity has high familial risk.

1990 • 31 citations

A possible genetic component of obesity in childhood. Observations on acid phosphatase polymorphism

1990 • 31 citations

Identification of candidate genes for a factor regulating body weight in primates

1990 • 24 citations

The influence of apolipoprotein polymorphism on the response to dietary fat and cholesterol

1992 • 21 citations

Inheritance of human fat distribution.

1988 • 18 citations

HLA Associations with Obesity

1989 • 10 citations

A commingling analysis of obesity in the Tecumseh community health study

1991 • 4 citations