A new cause of obesity due to a defect on chromosome 16 has just been discovered. It is thought to explain close to 1% of obesity cases. For carriers of the defect, the risk of becoming overweight is 50 times higher...A possible explanation for why fat people are stupid.
It was identified in 31 adolescents and adults who experienced learning difficulties at school. All carriers of the defect were obese.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Loss Of Certain Genes Increases The Risk Of Becoming Overweight By 50 Times
Why? Because they are retarded.
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