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Like many other medical conditions, obesity is the result of an interplay between environmental and genetic factors. [2] [3] Studies have identified variants in several genes that may contribute to weight gain and body fat distribution; although, only in a few cases are genes the primary cause of obesity.
Obesity isn’t just a matter of food and exercise — it may be in your genetic code, according to new research. “Obesity’s causes are very complex and in the majority of cases, the ...
FTO has been demonstrated to efficiently demethylate the related modified ribonucleotide, N6,2'-O-dimethyladenosine, and to an equal or lesser extent, m 6 A, in vitro . [5] [15] FTO knockdown with siRNA led to increased amounts of m 6 A in polyA-RNA, whereas overexpression of FTO resulted in decreased amounts of m 6 A in human cells. [10]
The portion size of many prepackage and restaurant foods has increased in both the United States and Denmark since the 1970s. [7] Fast food servings, for example, are 2 to 5 times larger than they were in the 1980s. Evidence has shown that larger portions of energy-dense foods lead to greater energy intake and thus to greater rates of obesity ...
Scientists have found that people missing a specific blood group due to a genetic variant may be genetically predisposed to having obesity or ... 21 genes related to Alzheimer’s disease to obesity.
“Obesity is a multifactorial disease, and genetics is just one component. The researchers emphasized that even people with ‘skinny genes’ still must eat the right foods and exercise.”
Numerous studies aimed to provide insight into genetic, economic, and/or environmental causes of obesity. According to the "thrifty gene hypothesis, [18] a genetic theory explaining rising obesity rates, certain individuals are genetically predisposed to metabolize food more efficiently than others as a result of human evolution. In times of ...
Some people’s genetics predispose them to obesity. But nature is not destiny. Here are five tips for losing weight.