Some People May Be Extremely Obese Because Of Malfunctioning Form Of Leptin.

reported that research published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that “a small number of extremely obese people may be fat because their bodies produce a malfunctioning form of...leptin.” Investigators “base this new theory on a 2-year-old boy of Turkish descent with an insatiable appetite” who “was chronically obese for much of his short life.” A genetic sequencing test revealed that the boy produces a mutated form of leptin that can't effectively signal to the central nervous system that no more food is needed, http://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27/obesity-health-news-505/jeff-editing-emb-12-31-5pmet-nejm-gene-and-fat-baby-695107.html