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Review
. 2021 Mar;50(1):127-139.
doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2020.10.005. Epub 2021 Jan 5.

Precision Medicine and Obesity

Maria Daniela Hurtado A  1 , Andres Acosta  2
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Review

Precision Medicine and Obesity

Maria Daniela Hurtado A et al. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

The highly variable response to obesity therapies justifies the search for treatment strategies that are best suited to individual patients to enhance their effectiveness and tolerability via precision medicine. Precision medicine development in recent years has been driven by the emergence of powerful methods to characterize patients ("omic" assays). Current available information has revealed that there are numerous intermediary processes that contribute to obesity and have provided a framework for partially comprehending the mechanisms behind the heterogeneity of obesity and its clinical consequences. Some of these processes have or are currently being targeted to individualize obesity therapy with some success.

Keywords: Nutrigenomics; Obesity; Personalized nutrition; Phenotype; Precision medicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure M.D. Hurtado A has nothing to disclose. A. Acosta is a stockholder in Gila Therapeutics and Phenomix Sciences; and serves as a consultant for Rhythm Pharmaceuticals and General Mills.

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