Birth weight, childhood obesity, adulthood obesity and body composition, and gastrointestinal diseases: a Mendelian randomization study

CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that greater adulthood adiposity, measured as either BMI, waist-hip ratio, or visceral adipose tissue, is causally associated with an increased risk of a broad range of gastrointestinal diseases in the European population.PMID:37664887 | DOI:10.1002/oby.23857

Source: Obesity - September 4, 2023 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Shuai Yuan Xixian Ruan Yuhao Sun Tian Fu Jianhui Zhao Minzi Deng Jie Chen Xue Li Susanna C Larsson Source Type: research