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Originally Posted by rachael1234  Was reading about the 'fat gene' they have found and thought it was interesting! Any views??! (Look online for newspaper articles about the FTO gene-this web site won't let me post links!) |
First off welcome to the site!
Sorry about posting links, we require all members to have 10 posts before posting links. This prevents a lot of spammers from registering just to market random products on this site.
Regarding the FTO gene, we do have a study posted on Obesity Discussion about the FTO gene here:
FTO Obesity Gene
Now the study is 3 months old, and as of 3 months ago no one knows what this gene is supposed to do, just that those who carry either one or two copies of it are more likely to weigh a few extra pounds. Regardless, the FTO gene cannot be solely blamed for individuals' obesity issues; even in the worst case scenario, those that have 2 copies of the FTO gene in their DNA only weigh an extra 7lbs on average. An extra 7lbs maybe be enough to push someone into a slightly overweight status, but certainly not an obese state.