Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyMischief
OBESITY can now legitimately be blamed on your genes, scientists said yesterday.
Variations in a gene carried by 16 per cent of the population can make people up to 70 per cent more likely to become obese, according to a major study involving thousands of Scottish volunteers.
The researchers said they had now identified the clearest genetic link yet to weight gain and obesity in the population.
Read More Here:
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=565222007
At least knowing it's there means they can find better ways to treat it and help people.  |
It's definitely interesting research, but in the U.S. something like 2/3 of us are overweight and 1/3 are obese. So that 16% number that has the gene only scratches the surface of the problem.