Childhood Obesity
Posted on June 16, 2008
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Examined the eating habits of school children from 4 to 10 years old. Those who had the gene were distinguished equally as pleased.
Obesity is linked to cheap food and full of calories.
Feeling drawn to fattening foods is more likely due to a genetic variant that leads the individual to consume more calories, according to research from the University of Dundee in Scotland.
According to the researchers, 63% of the population have this variant, with which on average consume about 100 extra calories per meal. The study, published in New England Journal of Medicine analyzed the dietary habits of 100 school children between 4 and 10 years, reports the BBC. Found that children with the variant of the FTO gene recently linked to obesity, always choose foods with more sugar and fat.
“Obesity linked to this gene may be modified with a careful diet,” said Professor Colin Palmer, director of the study.
Individuals who have a copy of the gene have approximately 30% higher risk of obesity and those with two copies are 70% higher risk of the disorder.
According to scientists, the study confirms the idea that rising rates of childhood obesity in the world are closely linked to the increasingly wide availability of junk food, cheap and full of calories. For the people who have the gene variant, he said, the temptation is simply too difficult to resist.
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