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An examination of genetic, physical, and questionnaire data collected over 30 years from more than 3,000 individuals in the Offspring Cohort of the Framingham Heart Study reveals that individuals born in the same time period share a similar degree of correlation between body mass index and a variant of the FTO gene that correlates with obesity, suggesting that genetic and environmental factors may interact differently during different time periods to influence the likelihood of obesity, according to a study: nbcnews/health/health-news/will-fat-gene-get-you-your-birth-year-may-matter-n276366
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:00:42 +0000

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