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Obesity Gene Discovery Could Spark Backlash
April 15, 2007 - 11:39am
from Western Mail
The discovery of a "fat gene" could lead to obese people giving up on weight loss, experts warn. Scientists recently determined that test subjects who have the gene FTO, which occurs in 16 percent of people, are 70 percent more at risk of being obese.


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