Experts have long known there is a genetic component to obesity, and a new study identified one particular gene that may be behind it.
Researchers were able to locate a specific gene variant correlated with some people's weight gain, a new study showed. Obesity isn’t just a matter of food and exercise — it may be in your genetic code, according to new research.
The faulty copies of the SMIM1 gene cause decreased function in the thyroid and declining energy expenditure, Frontini said, “which means that given the same food intake, less energy is used and this excess is stored as fat.” Dysfunction in the thyroid is common, affecting almost 2 per cent of the population in the U.K., Frontini said. And thyroid dysfunction is treated regularly with a relatively inexpensive medication, Frontini said.
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