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Results 1 - 10 of 27 for obesity in children
  1. WAGR syndrome 
    ... kidney failure, breathing problems, and allergies. Some affected children have obesity. When WAGR syndrome includes childhood-onset obesity, it ... Wilms tumor, aniridia, genitourinary anomalies, intellectual disability, and obesity syndrome ... Nichols KE; National Wilms Tumor Study Group. Characteristics and outcomes of children with the Wilms tumor-Aniridia syndrome: a report ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/wagr-syndrome - Genetics
  2. Congenital leptin deficiency 
    ... leptin and melanocortin-4 receptor gene mutations in children with severe obesity from Pakistani consanguineous families. Mol Genet Metab. 2012 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/congenital-leptin-deficiency - Genetics
  3. LEP gene 
    ... leptin and melanocortin-4 receptor gene mutations in children with severe obesity from Pakistani consanguineous families. Mol Genet Metab. 2012 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/lep - Genetics
  4. CHOPS syndrome 
    ... including cognitive impairment, coarse facial features, heart defects, obesity, lung (pulmonary) involvement, short stature, and skeletal abnormalities.Children with CHOPS syndrome have intellectual disability and delayed ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/chops-syndrome - Genetics
  5. Leptin receptor deficiency 
    ... hunger leads to chronic excessive eating (hyperphagia) and obesity. Beginning in early childhood, affected individuals develop abnormal eating behaviors such as fighting with other children over food, hoarding food, and eating in secret. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/leptin-receptor-deficiency - Genetics
  6. Chromosome 16 
    ... is common in people with the duplication, while obesity often occurs with ... duplication to their children, who may have signs and symptoms related to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/chromosome/16 - Genetics
  7. Is longevity determined by genetics?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... their lifestyles—many are nonsmokers, do not have obesity, and cope well with ... and children (collectively called first-degree relatives) of long-lived ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/longevity - Genetics
  8. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 
    ... aged or older people, although younger people, including children, are also ... includes obesity, type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes (insulin resistance), ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease - Genetics
  9. Bardet-Biedl syndrome 
    ... to be an issue throughout life. Complications of obesity can include type 2 ... children (infertile). Many people with Bardet-Biedl syndrome also ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/bardet-biedl-syndrome - Genetics
  10. Prader-Willi syndrome 
    ... hunger, which leads to chronic overeating (hyperphagia) and obesity. Some people with Prader-Willi syndrome, particularly those with obesity, also develop type 2 diabetes (the most common ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/prader-willi-syndrome - Genetics
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