Regular Exercise May Help Reduce Effects Of FTO Gene Variant That Raises Obesity Risk, Study Indicates.

reports research suggests that “when people carried” the FTO “gene variant that raises obesity risk, regular exercise seemed to reduce the effects of their DNA – by about one-third.” Investigators arrived at this conclusion after analyzing data on some “200,000 adults, mostly of European descent, who’d taken part in previous health studies,” then examining how weight and “exercise habits” went on to interact “with 2.5 million gene variants.” The findings were published online in PLOS Genetics. https://consumer.healthday.com/fitness-information-14/misc-health-news-265/no-excuses-exercise-can-overcome-the-obesity-gene-722104.html