Genetics weigh heavy on childhood cancer survivors’ risk of developing obesity
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25 July 2022Genetics weigh heavy on childhood cancer survivors’ risk of developing obesity
Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital combined genetic and clinical risk factors to create a method to predict which childhood cancer patients are most likely to develop severe or “morbid” obesity as adults. The tool will give physicians and survivors the information to help motivate positive lifestyle changes. The research was published today in Nature Medicine.
