{"id":21007,"date":"2025-08-24T22:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T22:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21007\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T22:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T22:25:10","slug":"dna-test-reveals-which-children-are-at-higher-risk-of-obesity-in-adulthood-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21007\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA test reveals which children are at higher risk of obesity in adulthood"},"content":{"rendered":"

A genetic test<\/a> could predict whether a child will be obese as an adult.<\/p>\n

A global study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, found that the risk of severe obesity<\/a> in adulthood can be identified in early childhood through a polygenic risk score (PGS).<\/p>\n

The PGS acts as a “calculator” that combines the impact of different genetic risk variants that a person can carry, according to researchers.<\/p>\n

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The test can be performed on children before their weight begins to shift, as early as age 5, according to a press release from the University of Copenhagen\u2019s Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR).<\/p>\n

The researchers suggest that this may support early prevention strategies for obesity, like lifestyle interventions<\/a> at a younger age.<\/p>\n

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A test can predict the risk of adult obesity in early childhood, global researchers have discovered.<\/p>\n

“Overall, these data show that PGSs have the potential to improve obesity prediction, particularly when implemented early in life,” the researchers concluded in the study.<\/p>\n

Lead study author Roelof Smit, assistant professor at the NNF Center, wrote in a press release statement that the score is “so powerful” due to its ability to predict adult obesity “well before other risk factors start to shape their weight later in childhood.”<\/p>\n

“Intervening at this point can have a huge impact,” he commented.<\/p>\n

The major study was an international collaboration of human genetics researchers<\/a>, consisting of more than 600 scientists from 500 global institutions, as well as the consumer genetics and research company 23andMe, Inc.<\/p>\n

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More than half of the global population is expected to be overweight or obese by 2035, according to the World Obesity Federation.<\/p>\n

After gathering genetic data from more than 5 million people, the scientists created what’s described as the largest and most diverse genetic dataset<\/a> in reported history, using that to create the PGS.<\/p>\n

The results showed that the PGS was twice as effective as the previous best test in predicting obesity risk, accounting for approximately 17.6% of a child’s risk of developing a high BMI (body mass index) as an adult.<\/p>\n

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“This new polygenic score is a dramatic improvement in predictive power and a leap forward in the genetic prediction of obesity risk, which brings us much closer to clinically useful genetic testing,” study co-author Ruth Loos, a professor from CBMR at the University of Copenhagen, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Researchers suggest that these findings support early prevention strategies for obesity, like lifestyle interventions at a younger age.<\/p>\n

The scientists also discovered that those with a higher genetic risk of obesity were more responsive to lifestyle weight loss<\/a> interventions.<\/p>\n

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These individuals also gained weight back more quickly once the interventions ended.<\/p>\n

The researchers noted that the new PGS has its limitations, as it was “far better at predicting obesity” in those who have a European-like ancestry than in those with African ancestry.<\/p>\n

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