Obesity Gene Affects Appetite, Children's Study Shows

Had the study been done by adults who know something (rare to find), instead of children, the conclusion would have been different.

"Variants of the FTO gene have been linked to obesity before, and in Caucasian populations it is the most commonly studied obesity gene, where findings have estimated that on average, adults with two copies of the variant are 3 kg (6.6 lbs) heavier, and adults with a single copy are 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) heavier."

Ooh, a whole between 3.3 and 6.6 pounds!

Clearly the cause of the overweight/obesity epidemic, if true.

"Experts have welcomed the study, but the reaction is cautious, because the genetics of obesity is very complex. As the clinical director of the UK's National Obesity Forum, Dr David Haslam, put it in a comment to the BBC:

'We are looking at a thousand-piece jigsaw and we have shown how the first two pieces fit together.'"

The "experts" are full of it.

There is no gene in the universe that can result in overweight/obesity in the absence of more Calories in than out.

How much one eats is irrelevant.

The total number of Calories one eats is relative to what he or she burns is all that matters.