Fat. The very word conjures up images of excess weight and ill health. We have come to view the notion of “fatness” as something akin to being unhealthy, morally repugnant and socially damaging.
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Scientists from Oxford and the Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, have identified the most clear genetic link yet to obesity in the general population. People with two copies of a particular gene variant have a 70 per cent higher risk of being obese than those with no copies.
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Could your couch be making you fat and contribute to your obesity?
A team of researchers at UNH is investigating whether the increasing ubiquity of chemical flame retardants found in foam furniture, carpeting, microwaves and computers might be related to the climbing rate of obesity in the United States.
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