Study Examines How BMI Affects DNA.

“in what is being called the biggest study yet on the effect of body mass index (BMI) on DNA,” investigators revealed that “that significant changes were found in the expression of genes responsible for lipid metabolism and substrate transport and in gene loci related to inflammation in the DNA of individuals with high BMIs.” Additionally, the study authors were ultimately “able to identify epigenetic markers that could predict the risk of type 2 diabetes” after examining “blood samples of over 10,000 women and men from Europe.” The findings were published in a letter in Nature. http://www.medicaldaily.com/being-overweight-changes-your-dna-increasing-risk-diabetes-offspring-407204