Scientists find how ‘obesity gene’ makes people fat

LONDON, July 16: – Scientists have unraveled how a gene long associated with obesity makes people fat by triggering increased hunger, opening up potential new ways to fight a growing global health problem. A common variation in the FTO gene affects one in six of the population, making them 70 per cent more likely
to become obese – but until now experts did not know why. (AGENCIES)

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