Do I look fat in these genes? Exercise can cancel out effects of 'heavy-weight' DNA: Sc... - 3 views
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More evidence today that our genes aren't always our destiny -- with an inconvenient caveat for couch potatoes: Physically active people who carry gene mutations linked to obesity are no more likely to be overweight than those without the variants -- as long as they exercise at least three hours a day.
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But the gene's "obese-ogenic" effect may be turned on by high-fat diets, inactivity or other environmental factors, Snitker said.
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Interesting but 3 hours a day is a lot of time to be spent exerciing, That explains why Biggest Loser works and then they pile it all back on. You need the time
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interesting article, would have been nice if there was more meat to article.