Associations between genetic risk for obesity and food choice behaviors using workplace food purchases

A secondary analysis from the ChooseWell 365 randomized trial byHassan S. Dashti,Marie-France Hivert, Douglas E. Levy, Jessica L. McCurley, Richa Saxena, Anne N. Thorndike It is well known that #genetics plays a role in the development of #obesity, yet the influence of #genetic risk for obesity on #food choice behaviors is not well understood. Real-time assessment of workplace cafeteria purchasing data demonstrates that the highest quartile of a #genome-wide #polygenic score for #BMI (highest...