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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. [4] [5]
Scientists from the University of Exeter Medical School have found that people missing a specific blood group due to a genetic variant may be genetically predisposed to having obesity or overweight.
In this study, however, we found a clear genetic trigger for obesity,” said lead study author Dr. Mattia Frontini, British Heart Foundation senior fellow and an associate professor in cellular ...
Some people’s genetics predispose them to obesity. But nature is not destiny. Here are five tips for losing weight.
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 ...
Similarly, heavy consumption of fried food is linked to greater obesity risk on a population level. [39] On a more individual level, the relative risk of fried food consumption and increased weight gain seems to depend on genetic predisposition. [40]
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 ...
“From these data, while we know genetic predisposition is very important to understand and embrace, there is also evidence that increased physical activity and/or nutrition improvements can ...