Participants inboth groups also achieved significant reductions in BMI, which in turn wouldreflect recent findings from El-Mikkawy et al. (2020) wherebycirculating level of IL-6 was associated with the intensity of the chronic andsystemic inflammation that develops with high degrees of obesity amongst anadult population. This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.