STUDY: NEARLY A QUARTER OF GENES CONTRIBUTE TO BODY WEIGHT

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SCIENTIFIC BLOGGING - Genetics Researchers from the Monell Chemical
Senses Center have attempted to count the number of genes that
contribute to obesity and body weight - and it isn't a pretty number.

The findings suggest that over 6,000 genes, almost 25 percent of the
genome, could help determine an individual's body weight.

"Reports describing the discovery of a new 'obesity gene' have become
common in the scientific literature and also the popular press," notes
Monell behavioral geneticist Michael G. Tordoff, PhD, an author on the
study. "Our results suggest that each newly discovered gene is just one
of the many thousands that influence body weight, so a quick fix to the
obesity problem is unlikely.". . .

Tordoff comments, "It is interesting that there are 10 times more genes
that increase body weight than decrease it, which might help explain why
it is easier to gain weight than lose it."

http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/
genes_related_to_body_weight_almost_25_percent_of_the_human_genome


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