Nature Communications (May 2022)

Large-scale GWAS of food liking reveals genetic determinants and genetic correlations with distinct neurophysiological traits

  • Sebastian May-Wilson,
  • Nana Matoba,
  • Kaitlin H. Wade,
  • Jouke-Jan Hottenga,
  • Maria Pina Concas,
  • Massimo Mangino,
  • Eryk J. Grzeszkowiak,
  • Cristina Menni,
  • Paolo Gasparini,
  • Nicholas J. Timpson,
  • Maria G. Veldhuizen,
  • Eco de Geus,
  • James F. Wilson,
  • Nicola Pirastu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30187-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Genetic determinants of food consumption and food liking are likely to be distinct, although it has not been well studied. Here, the authors identify genetic variants associated with food-liking, finding that different food-liking traits correlate with different brain areas and other food consumption traits.