Komulainen K, et al. – An analysis was designed to evaluate whether lower parental or own education accentuates the genetic risk for higher body mass index (BMI) over the life course, and whether diet and physical activity account for the educational differences in genetic associations with BMI. The results of this prospective study indicated that the association of a risk score of 97 genetic variants with BMI was stronger among those with low compared with high education. Moreover, this suggests lower education in adulthood accentuates the risk of higher BMI in people at genetic risk.