BMI profiling for monogenic obesity testing

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; New York Nutrition and Obesity Research Center at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: vvt2114@cumc.columbia.edu.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; New York Nutrition and Obesity Research Center at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Comment

Vidhu V Thaker et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 May.

. 2025 May;9(5):284-285.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00095-1.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; New York Nutrition and Obesity Research Center at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: vvt2114@cumc.columbia.edu.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; New York Nutrition and Obesity Research Center at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

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