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Researchers have found an association with a gene labeled FTO and obesity. Is this something worth researchers continuing to try and develop a solution to obesity, or should it be up to each person to live a healthy lifestyle and be accountable for their own health/weight?
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GENES AND OBESITY
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Genes and Obesity
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GENES AND OBESITY
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Genes and Obesity
Obesity comes up when the level of a person’s calories is higher than those required for
metabolic and physical activities. Although obesity is most of the times attributed to large intake
of foods and drinks rich in calories with limited engagement in physical activity, studies have
shown that there is a genetic element that contributes to weight variation in individuals. Fat mass
and obesity-associated (FTO) gene is the one strongly associated with susceptibility to obesity.
Of all known genes FTO is also to have most influence on the body mass index (BMI). Although
there is no clear mechanism for the interaction between the FTO gene and obesity.
Fat mass and obesity-associated gene exists in two forms- a ...