ArticlePsychosomatic medicine
Replication of the Association of BDNF and MC4R Variants With Dietary Intake in the Diabetes Prevention Program.
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Diabetes Prevention Program
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Metformin for prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its associated complications in persons at increased risk for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019 · on this mapPooled it
- Associations between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Total Energy, Carbohydrate, and Fat Intakes: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2018Pooled it
- Impact of recognition of genetic information related to BMI on changes in physical activity, dietary intake, and blood cholesterol level: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of nutrition · 2025Trial
- Genetic associations with consumption of palatable foods in the absence of hunger in response to food cues in children.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
- Exploring the Relationship Between Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Haplotype Variants, Personality, and Nicotine Usage in Women.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Genetic associations with neural reward responsivity to food cues in children.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Consequences of Obesity on the Sense of Taste: Taste Buds as Treatment Targets?Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2020Review
- Precision behavioral medicine: Implications of genetic and genomic discoveries for behavioral weight loss treatment.The American psychologist · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveGenomewide association studies (GWAS) have identified consistent associations with obesity, with a number of studies implicating eating behavior as a primary mechanism. Few studies have replicated genetic associations with dietary intake. This study evaluates the association between obesity susceptibility loci and dietary intake.
methodsData were obtained as part of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a clinical trial of diabetes prevention in persons at high risk of diabetes. The association of 31 genomewide association studies identified obesity risk alleles with dietary intake, measured through a food frequency questionnaire, was investigated in 3,180 participants from DPP at baseline.
resultsThe minor allele at BDNF, identified as protective against obesity, was associated with lower total caloric intake (β = -106.06, SE = 33.13; p = .0014) at experimentwide statistical significance (p = .0016), whereas association of MC4R rs571312 with higher caloric intake reached nominal significance (β = 61.32, SE = 26.24; p = .0194). Among non-Hispanic white participants, the association of BDNF rs2030323 with total caloric intake was stronger (β = -151.99, SE = 30.09; p < .0001), and association of FTO rs1421085 with higher caloric intake (β = 56.72, SE = 20.69; p = .0061) and percentage fat intake (β = 0.37, SE = 0.08; p = .0418) was also observed.
conclusionsThese results demonstrate with the strength of independent replication that BDNF rs2030323 is associated with 100 to 150 greater total caloric intake per allele, with additional contributions of MC4R and, in non-Hispanic white individuals, FTO. As it has been argued that an additional 100 kcal/d could account for the trends in weight gain, prevention focusing on genetic profiles with high dietary intake may help to quell adverse obesity trends. CLINICAL
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov,NCT00004992.
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