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Genes are largely to blame for bulging waistlines, a study has found.
While diet plays a key role in obesity, some people are programmed to get fat easily, research from the US suggests.
Although the work focused on mice, it is believed to be just as relevant to humans.
Lead scientist Dr Brian Parks, from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), said: "Our research demonstrates that body-fat responses to high-fat, high-sugar diets have a very strong genetic component, and we have identified several genetic factors potentially regulating these responses.
"We found that obesity has similar genetic signatures in mice and humans, indicating the mice are a highly relevant model system to study obesity. Overall, our work has broad implications concerning the genetic nature of obesity and weight gain."
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/08/obesity-genes-diet-weight_n_2432894.html
While diet plays a key role in obesity, some people are programmed to get fat easily, research from the US suggests.
Although the work focused on mice, it is believed to be just as relevant to humans.
Lead scientist Dr Brian Parks, from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), said: "Our research demonstrates that body-fat responses to high-fat, high-sugar diets have a very strong genetic component, and we have identified several genetic factors potentially regulating these responses.
"We found that obesity has similar genetic signatures in mice and humans, indicating the mice are a highly relevant model system to study obesity. Overall, our work has broad implications concerning the genetic nature of obesity and weight gain."
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/08/obesity-genes-diet-weight_n_2432894.html