Leaving the hypothesis-free approach and focussing on known GWAS-based candidate markers, we were able to substantiate another four loci (NEGR1, SEC16B, BDNF and BCDIN3D) of the 16 obesity loci previously detected in GWAS [6], [9], [13], [14]. Here, BCDIN3D is linked to obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.