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Submitted on February 29, 2008
Accepted on June 12, 2008
Health Behavior Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, SE5 8AF, UK; University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: j.wardle{at}ucl.ac.uk.
Context: Polymorphisms within the FTO gene have consistently been associated with obesity across multiple populations. However, to date it is not known whether the association between genetic variation in FTO and obesity is mediated through effects on energy intake or energy expenditure.
Objective: To examine the association between alleles of FTO known to increase obesity risk and measures of habitual appetitive behaviour.
Methods: The intronic FTO SNP (rs9939609) was genotyped in 3337 UK children in whom measures of habitual appetitive behaviour had been assessed using two scales (Satiety Responsiveness and Enjoyment of Food) from the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire, a psychometric tool that has been validated against objective measures of food intake. Associations of FTO genotype with indices of adiposity and appetite were assessed by ANOVA.
Results: As expected, the A allele was associated with increased adiposity in this cohort, and in an independent case-control replication study of UK children of similar age. AA homozygotes had significantly reduced Satiety Responsiveness scores (p = 0.008 ANOVA). Mediation analysis indicated that the association of the AA genotype with increased adiposity was explained in part through effects on Satiety Responsiveness.
Conclusions: We have used a unique dataset to examine the relationship between a validated measure of children's habitual appetitive behaviour and FTO obesity-risk genotype and conclude that the commonest known risk allele for obesity is likely to exert at least some of its effects by influencing appetite.
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