Chunk #1 — Online Methods — Cohort information — The Severe Childhood Onset Obesity Project (SCOOP)

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Genome-wide SNP and CNV analysis identifies common and low-frequency variants associated with severe early-onset obesity.

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The SCOOP cohort is a UK Caucasian (self-reported) subset of the Genetics of Obesity Study (GOOS), which includes individuals with severe, early-onset obesity (BMI standard deviation score (SDS) > 3; onset of obesity before the age of 10 years.