According to the EndocrineReviews Journal, genetics plays a large role of obesity in humans. Although
not maintaining a healthy diet and not preforming enough physical activity
triggers and leads to obesity, it is important to take in consideration the hereditary
factor that influences weight gaining. A study was done on parents and their
offspring, as well as, twins and adopted children. The study was done in order
to investigate the genetic contribution of the body weight throughout the
family. As a result, the studies reported around 40%-70% for heritable traits
for the most part. Form this, it was able to know that indeed, weight can be
considered a heritable trait, that is only slightly less than the trait of
height in humans. So far, evidence demonstrates that obesity is the result of a
mixture of both environmental and genetic factors. I found this article to be
very interesting because I always had in mind that humans gain weight and lead
to obesity because of the type of diet that they follow.
I recently posted a blog related to obesity and genetic mutation. In my personal opinion, I do not disregard the possibility of obesity being caused by genetic factors but once i see my surroundings i can see that there are other reasons why USA for example has a high rate of obesity. Fast foods are way cheaper than healthy food. Technology is taking over people, kids will rather stay inside the house playing video games instead of playing outside.
ReplyDeleteThe prevalence of obesity was 39.8% and affected about 93.3 million of US adults in 2015-2016 as per CDC. Most of which I believe has to do with the food choices that are made but also could be from genetic factors. I read where the even a C-section can promote obesity in children so genetics could also play a big role in obesity.
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