Scientists Target a Gene in Mice That is Linked to Obesity
mudtea
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This is an interesting news article I thought I'd share:
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Scientists Target a Gene in Mice That is Linked to Obesity
From: http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2015/08/17/scientists-target-a-gene-in-mice-that-causes-obesity/
We have all heard the constant drumroll about the dangers of obesity. And yet it remains one of the major health issues in the U.S. and is a growing problem worldwide.
Obesity seems to have such a simple solution: Eat less and exercise more. But of course this is harder than it sounds. Evolution has hardwired us to love sugar and fat and to eat lots of both when they are in abundance.
Ideally what we need is some way to short-circuit this wiring to help our bodies respond differently to sugar and the fat. A new study from Nature Communications has uncovered a gene that just might help us with that.
Find the rest of the article at the link above.
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Scientists Target a Gene in Mice That is Linked to Obesity
From: http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2015/08/17/scientists-target-a-gene-in-mice-that-causes-obesity/
We have all heard the constant drumroll about the dangers of obesity. And yet it remains one of the major health issues in the U.S. and is a growing problem worldwide.
Obesity seems to have such a simple solution: Eat less and exercise more. But of course this is harder than it sounds. Evolution has hardwired us to love sugar and fat and to eat lots of both when they are in abundance.
Ideally what we need is some way to short-circuit this wiring to help our bodies respond differently to sugar and the fat. A new study from Nature Communications has uncovered a gene that just might help us with that.
Find the rest of the article at the link above.
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