http://instagram.com/bdccarpenter
http://tiktok.com/@bdccarpenter
http://facebook.com/bencarpenterpersonaltraining

The genetics of obesity.

Recently I have been tagged in a lot of videos from people disregarding the role that genes have when it comes to your body weight.

They often use false dichotomies, like ‘no, it is not your genes, you are eating too much’ which grossly misrepresents the role that genes play.

It isn’t your genes *or* how much you eat, it is more like *how* your genes influence how much you eat.

So, let’s talk about some basic genetic concepts and how they are involved with body weight regulation.

P.S. My new book ‘Everything Fat Loss’ is currently on sale at Amazon with an additional 10% and 22% discount in the .com and .co.uk markets. Feel free to grab it before the price goes up.

References:
– The body-mass index of twins who have been reared apart
– A twin study of human obesity
– New advances in the genetics of early onset obesity
– Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human homologue
– Congenital leptin deficiency is associated with severe early-onset obesity in humans
– Lessons from extreme human obesity: monogenic disorders
– The genetics of obesity: from discovery to biology
– Variability in the heritability of body mass index: a systematic review and meta-regression
Video Rating: / 5

Email This Post Email This Post