date:Jan 28, 2019
linked to obesity but also had changes in gene regions newly associated with being healthily thin.
There are certain genes that increase a persons chances of being thin. Of course, our genes work with our environment, our diet and our level of activity. We tend to think it is only about what we eat and what we do but a big part has to do with our biology, Farooqi notes.
To determine the impact of these sets of genes, the researchers added the contribution of the genetic variants to calculate a