科学家开发出一种基因工具,比以前的方法更有效地预测儿童的成人肥胖风险。 Scientists develop a genetic tool that predicts a child's adult obesity risk more effectively than previous methods.

科学家创造了一个新的基因工具,即多基因风险评分,它预测了儿童成年后肥胖的风险。 Scientists have created a new genetic tool, the polygenic risk score, which predicts a child's risk of becoming obese in adulthood. 这一工具的效用是其他肥胖风险预测器的两倍,它评估了500多万人的基因变异,并解释了联合王国个人BMI变异的17.6%。 This tool, which works twice as effectively as other obesity risk predictors, assesses genetic variations from over five million people and explains 17.6% of BMI variation in UK individuals. 通过有的放矢的支持,及早发现有风险的儿童,可有助于预防肥胖。 Identifying at-risk children early, it could help prevent obesity through targeted support. 该工具还预测成年人对减重方案的反应如何良好。 The tool also predicts how well adults will respond to weight loss programs. 来自哥本哈根和布里斯托尔的研究人员使用500,000多人的数据集测试了得分。 Researchers from Copenhagen and Bristol tested the score using datasets of over 500,000 people.