Genetics of overweight and obesity in Mexican children and adolescents

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https://doi.org/10.33064/iycuaa2022863630

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Overweight, obesity, genes, genetic polymorphisms, Mexican children, Mexican adolescents

Abstract

Overweight and obesity affect more than 340 million children and adolescents worldwide, constituting a serious public health issue. Common obesity is a multifactorial disease mainly caused by poor diet and low physical activity, but also some genes play a role in its development. Thus, our objective was to perform a literature review to identify genes associated with overweight and obesity in Mexican children and adolescents. Thirty-six percent of the genes analyzed, 8/22, showed significant association for overweight/obesity, these genes are: FGF21, FTO, GNPDA2, HP, MC4R, PAI1, PCSK1, and PON1. Therefore, we can affirm that genetic background plays an important key in the etiology of overweight and obesity in Mexican children and adolescents. However, we must remember that hypercaloric diet and sedentary lifestyle are still the main causes of overweight and obesity common around the world.

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Angélica López-García, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

Facultad de Medicina e Ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales de Matamoros

Verónica Judith Picos-Cárdenas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa

Laboratorio de Genética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa; Núcleo Académico Básico de Posgrado de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Nutrición y Gastronomía

Evelia Leal-Ugarte, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

Facultad de Medicina e Ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales de Matamoros

Saúl Armando Beltrán-Ontiveros, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa

Centro de Investigación y Docencia en Ciencias de la Salud, Hospital Civil de Culiacán

Juan Pablo Meza-Espinoza, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

Facultad de Medicina e Ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales de Matamoros

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