"According to new research from the Monell Center, the degree of change in blood triglyceride levels following a fatty meal may indicate susceptibility to diet-induced obesity. The findings open doors to new methods of identifying people, including children, who are at risk for becoming obese.You have to be a friggin' idiot for this one to seem sensible to you.
Triglycerides are a form of fat that is transported in the blood and stored in the body's fat tissues. They are found in foods and also are manufactured by the body.
'These findings suggest we may someday be able to use a simple blood test to identify those at risk for obesity,' said senior author Mark Friedman, PhD, a behavioral physiologist at Monell. 'The ability to identify more susceptible individuals would make it possible to target obesity-prevention resources on those who need them most.'
The global obesity epidemic is thought to be caused in part by consumption of a diet high in fat and carbohydrates, which promotes weight gain. This propensity to gain weight and become obese when consuming a high-fat diet is at least partially controlled by genes, with some individuals gaining more than others while eating the same diet."
The epidemic is "global," so they say.
What will this blood test do? Identify extra-terrestrials so you can "target obesity-prevention resources on" them?
And the "propensity to gain weight and become obese when consuming a high-fat diet is at least partially controlled by genes, with some individuals gaining more than others while eating the same diet" is crap galore.
It has nothing to do with genes and there is neither a genetic cause nor a genetic "cure."
High-fat has nothing to do with it (to wit, the bad Atkins' and South Beach Diets and their ilk, where people consume high-fat foods and still lose weight, albeit in a bad way).
It all has to do with the balance of Calories in vs. Calories out.
It all has to do with the balance of Calories in vs. Calories out.
Nothing more, nothing less.
The "propensity to gain weight and become obese when consuming" any diet is a result of caloric irresponsibility and that is it.
The "propensity to gain weight and become obese when consuming" any diet is a result of caloric irresponsibility and that is it.
Period. End.
Cut off their funding before even more resources are wasted.
Cut off their funding before even more resources are wasted.
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