Scientists Find Gene Linked to 70% Increase in Risk of Obesity (Bloomberg)
Sifting through the genes of more than 38,000 people of northern European descent, researchers from a dozen institutions studied three varieties of the FTO gene: AA, AT and TT. They found people who had the AA version faced the greatest obesity risk, while those with the TT version had the lowest. –Frances Schwartzkopff
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