A weight off my mind

Joey The Gowl

Finally a licence to get my pie on: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/15/us-obesity-genes-idUSTRE74E2I920110515

mikemac

Welcome to boards

Do you want to copy in your article for the mobile users....and the lazy among us too?

Saila

that what threads do you not like thread has alot to answer for








told ye so..

Joey The Gowl

Nup. I also bow down before the altar of laze.

ArseLtd

But i like big butts and i cant lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kevin Duffy

So, now we have proof it's the genes of fat people that make them that way and there is no link between the state of them and their appaling diets, allied to their shunning of exercise. Good good, carry on the eating to an early death, not your fault at all.

Joey The Gowl

Saila wrote: »

that what threads do you not like thread has alot to answer for








told ye so..

Hmm.. your quite the lyrical foe but be warned, I also.. do.. thing.

Blackdragon

Here ye go

Scientists find "master switch" gene for obesity


(Reuters) - Scientists have found that a gene linked to diabetes and cholesterol is a "master switch" that controls other genes found in fat in the body, and say it should help in the search for treatments for obesity-related diseases.

In a study published in the journal Nature Genetics, the British researchers said that since fat plays an important role in peoples' susceptibility to metabolic diseases like obesity, heart disease and diabetes, the regulating gene could be target for drugs to treat such illnesses.

"This is the first major study that shows how small changes in one master regulator gene can cause a cascade of other metabolic effects in other genes," said Tim Spector of King's College London, who led the study.

More than half a billion people, or one in 10 adults worldwide, are obese and the numbers have doubled since the 1980s as the obesity epidemic has spilled over from wealthy into poorer nations.

In the United States, obesity-related diseases already account for nearly 10 percent of medical spending -- an estimated $147 billion a year.

Type 2 diabetes, which is often linked to poor diet and lack of exercise, is also reaching epidemic levels worldwide as rates of obesity rise.

Scientists have already identified a gene called KLF14 as being linked to type 2 diabetes and cholesterol levels, but until now they did know what role it played.

Spector's team analyzed more than 20,000 genes in fat samples taken from under the skin of 800 British female twin volunteers. They found a link between the KLF14 gene and the levels of many other distant genes found in fat tissue, showing that KLF14 acts as a master switch to control these genes.

They then confirmed their findings in 600 fat samples from a separate group of people from Iceland.

In a report of their study, the researchers explained that other genes found to be controlled by KLF14 are linked to a range of metabolic traits, including body mass index, obesity, cholesterol, insulin and glucose levels.

"KLF14 seems to act as a master switch controlling processes that connect changes in the behavior of subcutaneous fat to disturbances in muscle and liver that contribute to diabetes and other conditions," said Mark McCarthy from Britain's Oxford University, who also worked on the study.

"We are working hard...to understand these processes and how we can use this information to improve treatment of these conditions."

Tayla

One of the main reasons some people can stay so slim is because they fidget a lot, always tapping their legs, drumming their fingers etc. I do this all the time and eat like a horse and never gain any weight.

Moral of the story is don't ever give out to children for fidgeting because the habit could stop them from being obese in future!

themadchef

Tayla wrote: »

One of the main reasons some people can stay so slim is because they fidget a lot, always tapping their legs, drumming their fingers etc. I do this all the time and eat like a horse and never gain any weight.

Moral of the story is don't ever give out to children for fidgeting because the habit could stop them from being obese in future!

Fidgeting will not stop you putting on weight if youre shovelling twice your allowance of calories in your gob everyday. Over eating is different for everyone. For some it's a whole burger, for others, it's the whole cow.

Bajingo

Tayla wrote: »

One of the main reasons some people can stay so slim is because they fidget a lot, always tapping their legs, drumming their fingers etc. I do this all the time and eat like a horse and never gain any weight.

Moral of the story is don't ever give out to children for fidgeting because the habit could stop them from being obese in future!

To hell with exercise so! Why are there more fat people around now though compared to 30 or 40 years ago?

Saila

1 billion people have just collectively opened their belts a notch and exhaled, triggering a tsunami near india co-incidentally

Tayla

themadchef wrote: »

Fidgeting will not stop you putting on weight if youre shovelling twice your allowance of calories in your gob everyday. Over eating is different for everyone. For some it's a whole burger, for others, it's the whole cow.

I probably should have elaborated on that, fidgeters burn off around 350 extra kcals a day and that's more than some people would burn in a gym session. It's a good habit to have, even if it might annoy others.


I definitely over eat but I don't gain weight, the rest of my family clearly have the fat gene but I was lucky

Chuck Stone

How about prevention instead of treating symptoms?

Saila

Bajingo wrote: »

To hell with exercise so! Why are there more fat people around now though compared to 30 or 40 years ago?

theres more food, less willpower, and more cars and computer jobs

Saila

Chuck Stone wrote: »

How about prevention instead of treating symptoms?

you're big pharma's wet dream

Chuck Stone

Saila wrote: »

you're big pharma's wet dream

Don't you mean nightmare?