{"id":6341,"date":"2009-03-09T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T18:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=6341"},"modified":"2009-03-09T13:22:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-09T18:22:04","slug":"obesity-gene-is-not-a-death-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/obesity-gene-is-not-a-death-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity Gene is Not a Death Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been research in recent years showing that being fat can be tied to a genetic predisposition. And I’m sure it’s made many an overweight person throw their hands up and say, “hey, there’s nothing I can do about it, may as well enjoy myself.”\"boy<\/a><\/p>\n

But this isn’t a life sentence for those who inherit a variant version of the FTO gene. The “obesity gene<\/a>” predisposes people to being fat, but it’s not an unchangeable fate.<\/p>\n

“We know that genes affect our body weight set point. But so does our environment and our diet,” says child obesity<\/a> expert David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD. “We can\u2019t change our genes, but we can change our diet, and by doing so in a sophisticated way, we may be able to adjust that body weight set point in our favor.”<\/p>\n

Researcher Laura Johnson, PhD and her colleagues concluded that kids can offset the risk of having the obesity gene if their parents give them fewer energy-dense foods. That means parents need to do what has been common knowledge for so long: feed your kids more fruits and vegetables, and less energy dense foods such as cheese and desserts.<\/p>\n

Low-energy density foods fill you up with less calories, while high density foods give you a lot of calories while not filling you up.<\/p>\n

(via: WebMD<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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