Thursday, March 15, 2012

Walking obesity genetic

  • If, on the other hand, people with a strong genetic predisposition to obesity spend one hour each day walking briskly or engaging in comparable exercise, they can halve the genes effect.
  • (CNN)
  • WEDNESDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- People who walk briskly an hour a day could beat back would have the same effect, said Ruth Loos, director of Genetics of Obesity and Related Metabolic Traits at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
  • (US News and World Report)
  • People who took brisk walks for at least an hour a day were able to cut their genetic risk for obesity by half. But a sedentary lifestyle marked by watching more than four hours of television a day increased the genetic influence by 50 percent.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • WASHINGTON: A sedentary lifestyle can amplify a genetic disposition to obesity, but just walking briskly, and briefly, each day can cut that effect in half, a new study showed on Wednesday.
  • (Channel NewsAsia)
  • The effect of genes on obesity was measured by differences in BMI per point of the genetic predisposition score, corresponding to each BMI-increasing gene, according to a press release.
  • (Cardiology Today)
  • And scientists are looking hard for some genetic marker that will distinguish the truly dangerous prostate cancer.
  • (KCEN TV NBC 6)
  • A new U.S. study concludes that a sedentary lifestyle can amplify a genetic disposition to obesity — however, just by walking 'briskly' and exercising a little more, the effect can be cut by 50 percent. 2.
  • (SmartPlanet.com)
  • Walking left him winded and he cried on shopping trips Many have tried and failed at diets. Thats because obesity is frequently a genetic problem and not connected to a lack of willpower or laziness, Davis explained.
  • (Huffington Post)

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