GAD2 and Obesity: Overall, we found that (i) a haplotype consisting of the WT alleles at SNPs +61450 C>A and +83897 T>A does not appear to protect against severe, early-onset obesity, (ii) the −243 A>G SNP is not associated with class III obesity in adults, (iii) other haplotypes in the region of GAD2 are not associated with severe obesity, and (iv) the −243 A>G SNP does not elicit detectable effects on transcription of a luciferase reporter gene in βTC3 murine insulinoma cells.