TABLE 2.
Genetic syndromes and disease states commonly presenting with obesity1
| Genetic syndrome | Secondary obesity |
| Alstrom-Wolfram (OMIM: 203800) | Hypothyroidism |
| Bardet-Biedl (OMIM: 209900) | Hypercortisolism |
| Beckwith-Wiedemann (OMIM: 130650) | Pseudohypoparathyroidism (Albright´s hereditary osteodystrophy) |
| Börjesson-Forssman-Lehmann (OMIM: 301900) | Neonatal hyperinsulinism |
| Carpenter (OMIM: 201000) | Growth hormone deficiency |
| Cohen (OMIM: 216550) | Hypothalamic obesity |
| Down (OMIM: 190685) | Iatrogenic obesity |
| MEHMO (OMIM: 300148) | |
| MOMO (OMIM:157980) | |
| Prader-Willi (OMIM:176270) | |
| Smith-Magenis (OMIM: 182290) | |
| Wilson-Turner (OMIM: 309585) | |
| WAGRO (OMIM: 612469) |
1
OMIM, On-line Mendelian Inheritance in Man database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db = omim). MEHMO, mental retardation, epileptic seizures, hypogonadism and hypogenitalism, microcephaly, and obesity; MOMO, macrosomia, obesity, macrocephaly, and ocular abnormalities; WAGRO, Wilms tumor, anirida, genitourinary anomalies, mental regardation, and obesity syndrome.