Health Obesity gene, carried by more than 1/3 of the US pop, leads to brain tissue loss

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Three years ago, geneticists reported the startling discovery that nearly half of all people in the U.S. with European ancestry carry a variant of the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene, which causes them to gain weight — from three to seven pounds, on average — but worse, puts them at risk for obesity.

Now, UCLA researchers have found that the same gene allele, which is also carried by roughly one-quarter of U.S. Hispanics, 15 percent of African Americans and 15 percent of Asian Americans, may have another deleterious effect.

Reporting in the early online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, senior study author Paul Thompson, a UCLA professor of neurology; lead authors April Ho and Jason Stein, graduate students in Thompson's lab; and colleagues found that the FTO variant is also associated with a loss of brain tissue. This puts more than a third of the U.S. population at risk for a variety of diseases, such as Alzheimer's.

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Obesity gene, carried by more than a third of the US population, leads to brain tissue loss

Three years ago, geneticists reported the startling discovery that nearly half of all people in the U.S. with European ancestry carry a variant of the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene, which causes them to gain weight — from three to seven pounds, on average — but worse, puts them at...
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nearly half of all people in the U.S. with European ancestry carry a......
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European ancestry...... most people in Europe have European ancestry, yet the European obesity problem is but a fraction compared to the American one. Something is fishy. Perhaps the obesity problem isn't caused by this evil gene? Or perhaps it only contributes to a fraction of the problem? who knows?
 
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Give McDonalds and KFC large work out areas? People blame the food now you could work it off while you wait this is brilliant.
 
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CatCat said:
European ancestry...... most people in Europe have European ancestry, yet the European obesity problem is but a fraction compared to the American one. Something is fishy. Perhaps the obesity problem isn't caused by this evil gene? Or perhaps it only contributes to a fraction of the problem? who knows?
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That would be because in Europe people ride bikes, walk and use other methods then cars for movement then us, they also don't have as a huge market for fast food as America does
 
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So, 1/3 of Americans will potentially grow up stupid? o.0
I sure hope not ._.
 
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I was trying to avoid any comment that might become flame bait o_o
 
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