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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.
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 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 ...
The main problem with this idea is the timing at which the transition is presumed to have happened, and how this would then translate into the genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes and obesity [citation needed]. For example, the decline in reproductive investment in human societies (the so-called r to K shift) has occurred far too recently ...
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 ...
Obesity has been associated with an inflammatory state, which is chronic and low-grade inflammation, known as meta-inflammation. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Meta-inflammation is subclinical meaning that while there is an increase in circulating pro-inflammatory factors, no clinical signs of inflammation , heat, pain, and redness, are seen with meta ...
Some people’s genetics predispose them to obesity. But nature is not destiny. Here are five tips for losing weight. Some people’s genetics predispose them to obesity. But nature is not destiny.
An association between viruses and obesity has been found in humans, as well as a number of different animal species. The amount that these associations may have contributed to the rising rate of obesity is yet to be determined. [5] A fat virus is the popular name for the notion that some forms of obesity in humans and animals have a viral source.