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There is not yet sufficient evidence to leverage genetics or genomics to aid the treatment of obesity.
Practitioners should be cautious in applying genetic and genomic information for obesity treatment until more evidence is available.
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It is concluded that there is not yet sufficient evidence to leverage genetics or genomics to aid the treatment of obesity.
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Precision behavioral medicine: Implications of genetic and genomic discoveries for behavioral weight loss treatment.
Jeanne M. McCaffery · American Psychologist · 2018
DOI 10.1037/amp0000253
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