The following is a summary of “FTO and NOS3 genes associated with pediatric obesity: Corações de Ouro Preto study,” published ...

The study zeroes in on the FTO gene variant rs9939609-A, a common genetic quirk linked to increased obesity risk in ~45% of Europeans, ~24% of Africans, ~30% of East Asians, and ~35% of South Asians.

The answer is, maybe. The fat mass and obesity related gene – or FTO – is a regular gene which all of us have. However, one version of FTO makes you more likely to be obese, and one version ...

But as in the case of other “fat genes” (such as MC4R which, when faulty, fails to accurately tell our brains how much fat is stored, or the FTO gene, which can lead to a genetic preference ...