Fitting Into Those Jeans Is A Matter Of Your Genes !!

Obesity : It claims so many lives each year ! Obesity means having a high amount of body fat , high cholestrol or if he or she has a body mass indes ( BMI )of 30 kg/m2 or higher. Obesity causes a high risk of diabetes , cardiac diseases , cancer and many more . But it is still not clear how some people are obese while others with similar lifestyle manage to stay slim ? When compared intake of food by both is same ? Many people are paranoid with fat-ness and undergo different slimming methods that are not at all ' risk free ' . Recently scientists discovered a genetic cause for obesity. A gene called the 'FTO' affects the Hypothalamus . The affected region starts to sense appetite. When a person is very hungry ' FTO ' takes over . The hungry victim starts to eat much more than the needed. Obesity is the result .
The discovery of the obesity gene is a brekthrough in Health - Technology and can help us in ultimately finding a cure to this disease . That well be one major leap for mankind .