Gene Hunters Fine Tune Marker For Common Obesity Gene

Clearly garbage as there are thousands of genes involved in being too fat, if any at all.

I am not a believer in the genetic cause of overweight or obesity since there is no gene that can alter the Law of Thermodynamics which is the true ruler of weight control.

No matter the gene, hormone, bacterium or virus, if you eat more Calories than you burn, you will gain weight.

"Genomics researchers, seeking to replicate another group's discovery of an important gene associated with obesity, have further refined the signal to a particular variant in DNA that may be more helpful in identifying this gene's role in obesity in various human populations worldwide. The finding suggests that the gene variant, identified in DNA from African American children, may be a tag of an ancient mutation that first arose in Africa, where humans originated...

The study team will continue to seek out other possible gene variants within the FTO gene, plus other genes that may be involved in obesity. The Center for Applied Genomics at Children's Hospital is currently the largest pediatric genotyping program in the world."

This study team is a confederacy of dunces wasting time, effort, money and holding out false hopes that can only damage the public.