Is there a 'Fat Gene'

A new genetic test gives almost no insight into whether a person will become obese, but it might scare some people into really unhealthy choices.


Like many genetic tests, a new one that uses several million genes to “predict” obesity is unlikely to do anyone’s health any good, and might do harm. The news of the finding, published in the journal Cell, looked like a good piece of science, with the potential to improve scientists’ understanding of why people exposed to the same or similar diets end up at very different weights.


There’s also an important message to society – that obesity isn’t a failure of willpower. Some people have to struggle much harder than others to maintain a healthy weight.


https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-21/a-test-for-the-fat-gene-results-are-worse-than-worthless?srnd=premium-asia

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