Recent News & Comments About genetic obesity
Researchers discover two new genetic loci for obesity
Obesity is influenced environmental and genetic factors. The genetic predisposition accounts for more than 50 percent of the variance in body weight. Roughly three dozen genes are known to have an influence on body weight regulation. Together with international colleagues, a group of scientists of the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) has identified two new genetic loci for obesity. The results ...
'Obesity genes' may influence food choices, eating patterns
Researchers from the Miriam Hospital say individuals with variations in certain "obesity genes" tend to eat more meals and snacks, consume more calories per day and choose the same high fat, sugary foods.
Weighty Genes: UDE-scientists find new genetic variants for obesity
Obesity is influenced environmental and genetic factors. The genetic predisposition accounts for more than 50 percent of the variance in body weight. Roughly three dozen genes are known to have an influence on body weight regulation.
Controlling Obesity Will Save Over Half A Trillion Dollars
With the tobacco problem on the back burner, diet and obesity are coming into the cross hairs as a focus for public health. Controlling the rise in obesity, promoting quality of life, whilst saving on public healthcare costs is clearly an admirable goal. It is unfortunate that the body's genetic makeup from our prehistoric existence urges it to store large amounts of fat, but the ramifications ...
Exposure to toxins affect DNA for generations study finds
Exposure to environmental toxins affects the health of generations, a new study shows. read more
Is it futile to treat obesity?
Some doctors say yes, since obese patients are unlikely to shed much weight. But others argue that every little bit helps
Battle of the bulge: Does treating obesity as a disease help?
Harping on people ad nauseam to lose weight is rather "sadistic", there's little evidence the treatment of obesity works and even the benefits of weight loss are debatable.
Sichuan Agricultural University and BGI to unravel the relation between DNA methylomes and obesity
In a highlighted paper published online in Nature Communications, researchers from Sichuan Agricultural University and BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, reported the atlas of DNA methylomes in porcine adipose and muscle tissues, providing a valuable epigenomic source for obesity prediction and prevention as well as boosting the further development of pig as a model animal for human ...
The Obesity Epidemic - Two Policy Experts Speak Out
As part of our look into the obesity epidemic, we decided to ask two leading healthcare policy experts questions about the likelihood and potential impact of??a tax on the obese and a tax on high-fat and high-sugar foods. This is the third article in a series I have written on obesity, with the previous two ...
Critic's Notebook: TV's focus on childhood obesity hits home
Take it from someone who knows: The struggle with childhood obesity, illustrated vividly on television, is a battle of both the mind and the mouth for an overweight kid. I was a pioneer of childhood obesity.
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