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		TheAdamAndChe on Feb 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Obesity and Overweight Prevalence for the U.S I'm curious, what makes you say genetics is an important factor? And what would make our genes change en masse in the last 50 years?

jacquesm on Feb 23, 2018 [–]

Our genes did not change but some people are simply more predisposed to obesity than others on account of their genetic heritage.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2787002/

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