@article{47a8cd08b52540089d59265a821d9254,
title = "A Common Variant and the Transcript Levels of MC4R Gene Are Associated With Adiposity in Children: The IDEFICS Study",
abstract = "The melanocortin-4 receptor gene (MC4R) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of body fat and food and energy intake.",
keywords = "alleles, obesity, body mass index procedure, carbohydrate, diet, child, energy intake, body fat, genotype determination, mc4r gene, anthropometric measures",
author = "Fabio Lauria and Alfonso Siani and Catalina Pico and Wolfgang Ahrens and K. Bammann and \{De Henauw\}, Stefaan and Ronja Foraita and Licia Iacoviello and Yannis Kourides and Staffan Marild and D{\'e}nes Moln{\'a}r and Moreno, \{Luis A.\} and Yannis Pitsiladis and Juana S{\'a}nchez and Toomas Veidebaum and Guan Wang and Paola Russo and \{IDEFICS consortium\}",
year = "2016",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1210/jc.2016-1992",
language = "English",
volume = "101",
pages = "4229--4236",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Endocrinology \& Metabolism",
issn = "0021-972X",
number = "11",
}