date:Jan 28, 2019
ced by our genes, Farooqi tells.
Farooqis team collaborated with Dr. Ins Barrosos team at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, in comparing DNA samples from 1,600 healthy thin people, with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 18, with those of 2,000 severely obese people (BMI over 30) and 10,400 people of normal weight (BMI of 18 to 25).
The researchers found that obese people were more likely to have a certain set of genes, while people who were skinny, on the other hand, not only had fewer genes