TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Obesity A1 - Al-Saud, Haya A1 - Saeed, Sadia A1 - Dorajoo, Rajkumar A1 - Froguel, Phillippe A2 - Murray, Michael F. A2 - Babyatsky, Mark W. A2 - Giovanni, Monica A. A2 - Alkuraya, Fowzan S. A2 - Stewart, Douglas R. PY - 2014 T2 - Clinical Genomics: Practical Applications in Adult Patient Care AB - Disease summary:Common obesity has conventionally been viewed as a disease that is caused by substantial changes in the human environment, for example, the increase in consumption of calorie-rich food and decrease in physical activity. There is also strong evidence that genes are critically involved in the development of obesity. Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary diseases (such as sleep apnea), metabolic diseases (eg, diabetes and dyslipidemia), osteoarticular diseases, for several of the commonest forms of cancer, and for serious psychiatric illness. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102701039 ER -