How Do Genes Cause Obesity
'Skinny gene' may control body fat, diabetes
October 03, 2008
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Mom, Dad, and Spinach
By Patrika Tsai , Health Expert...we face whether it is how they raised us or what genes they passed along to us. As the U.S.... Read more »
Do you have trouble losing weight?
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...still the best approaches for weight reduction in the general population," said Joslin Diabetes... Read more »
Is Obesity Genetic?
By Dr. Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert..."survival of the fittest" theory, those individuals whose genes were well programmed to conserve... Read more »
Diabetes and Fat
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...To get type 2 diabetes, you need to have "diabetes genes" that won't let your pancreas increase... Read more »
Diabetes Guilt
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...carry more weight than we should.Type 2 diabetes generally results from the combination of... Read more »
Health Guide
What are the risk factors and causes of Alzheimer's disease?"
...link to family history. However, one risk factor for this type of Alzheimers disease is a protein or gene called the apolipoprotein E or the apoE gene.ApoE helps carry cholesterol in the blood.... Read more »Obesity Risks & Risk Factors
...young adults with college education along with everyone else.Ethnic Groups. Among ethnic groups in general, African American women are more overweight than Caucasian women but African American men... Read more »Causes of Obesity: Biological and Medical Causes
...range that varies by only about 10% either up or down from some set point. For instance, a man whose "genetically-determined" weight is 200 pounds would tend to swing from 180 to 220 pounds. He... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: Causes - Insulin Resistance
CausesType 2 diabetes is caused by a complicated interplay of genes, environment, insulin abnormalities, increased glucose production in the liver, increased fat breakdown, and possibly defective... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure Risk Factors
...only had diastolic heart failure, African-Americans had a 30% higher mortality rate.Family History and GeneticsA family history of early heart failure caused by cardiomyopathies (diseases that... Read more »Images
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