@TomAvril1 @nytimes Historical BMI data. Genetic? Almost no obesity without a hi cal low activity environment.pic.twitter.com/Zv3euMS725
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@TomAvril1 @nytimes Historical BMI data. Genetic? Almost no obesity without a hi cal low activity environment.pic.twitter.com/Zv3euMS725
True, tho that doesn't preclude genetic. Could be that heavier people marry other heavier people, and genetic effect concentrates
the effect sizes of the implicated gene variants are small. Need Philly style public policy to reverse trend @DrTomFarley
well, there are more soda taxes in the offing. A natural laboratory of sorts
study funded by American society for metabolic and bariatric surgery. You're better than this.
"#obesity is caused by interaction between #genes & #environment" - What does 'environment' mean? Where does #agency sit here?
People can't change their genes - can change diet. Decreased starch/sugar intake associated with greater activity.
of course Atul! Evolution bred us to survive in a world with food paucity. We store calories anticipating famine.
Why should these explanations be mutually exclusive. Gene variants control appetite, food preferences & "willpower"?
Not a word about carbohydrates?
@ginakolata no mention of epigentics? Magically genes occur mostly in places with fast food and sedentary life style?
Genes have not changed in just 1-generation, but incidence of obesity has-points to aspects outside genes--diet, exer & habits
Cal in >> out. Genes selected for food scarcity and energy storage. Last 60 yrs a physiologic foreign language.
What to do when the science doesn't say what people want to hear? No-one wants to think their diet was in vain!
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