Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Fatty acid desaturase 1 (FADS1) gene controls the fatty acid metabolism pathway in the human body (Sergeant et al., 2012). Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in FADS1 gene and percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids inserum lipids was associated (Klingel et al., 2018). Genetically predisposition to higher plasma arachidonic and stearic acid levels were associated with incidence oflarge-artery stroke and venous thromboembolism...

Introduction: Demographic factors such as place of residence, urbanization grade and family background are considered to be associated with overweight and obesity in children. Our study investigates differences in obesity prevalence and related characteristics in children from urban, semi-urban, and rural areas, and in children from complete and incomplete families. The study is part of the fifth round of World Health Organization Europe’s Childhood Obesity Surveillance ...