Discovery Of Genetic Regulator Of Fat Metabolism And Muscle Fitness

At last. They discovered the laziness, low-self esteem, let other people pay for my illnesses of choice gene.

While exercise is accepted universally as the most beneficial prescription physicians can write for patients, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that generate its widespread health benefits. Researchers from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have shed light on this mystery by discovering that a genetic factor, Kruppel-like Factor 15 (KLF15), governs the body's ability to burn fat during exercise...

Exercise is the first choice of treatment for many metabolic disorders, particularly obesity and diabetes. With the discovery that KLF15 mediates important beneficial effects of exercise, scientists may be able to induce similar effects using medication. In the long run, such therapies could be used as a compliment to exercise.

And therein lies the problem.

Caloric intake control, not exercise, should be the "first choice of treatment."

Exercise is an idiot's game or a strategy for the idle rich when it comes to obesity and diabetes. See here, here and here.

This whole gene thing is a distraction - plainly and simply bulls**t.