Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships: Sadaf Farooqi, MBChB, PhD, FRCP: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Learning Objectives:
Review the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to the development of obesity.
Discuss the role of the leptin pathway in physiology.
Recognise the clinical presentation of genetic obesity syndromes.
