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Article - defeating obesity gene(s)
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:36 pm
by kccc
http://www.realage.com/tips/obesity-gen ... se-weight?
It's a quick review of a more in-depth study. The citation to the study is given, though I admit not wading through the entire thing.
The main point:
In the recent study, researchers found 12 genes that increased the risk of obesity. And every obesity gene people had correlated to extra weight gain. Still, although certain genes made them more susceptible to obesity, participants were not slaves to their DNA. Exercising about an hour a day dropped the risk of weight gain about 40 percent, compared with the couch potatoes
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And, the most important idea, and the reason why I bothered to post it:
You may have the cards stacked against you when it comes to family health history, but nothing is certain. Only about 30 percent of aging is determined by genetic factors. The other 70 percent you control through your behaviors.
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:20 am
by Dale
The link doesn't seem to work for me, so I'm just going by what's in the quote. I think it's hopeful that the study is showing people can counteract their genetic inheritance to some extent, but I'm not sure that everything falls neatly into "genes" or "behaviour". I imagine environment has some influence too.
And one hour a day of exercise is actually quite a lot! I don't know if this included incidental exercise like housework, walking to work, etc., but an hour of fairly vigorous exercise does seem a lot to me. I know some people do it, and I've done it myself in the past (and didn't lose any weight doing it!), but I would find it difficult to sustain for life. It would have been interesting to me to compare that group to those who did less exercise, rather than "couch potatoes".
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:18 pm
by automatedeating
Hi Dale--
I agree, 1 hour is a lot! I have been walking to work and have considered it great exercise. Then I just read an article about sticking with exercise, and they added as a side-note: consider also walking to work, as if it doesn't count toward the 1 hour of exercise. Well, phooey on that. It's all I've got going for me.
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 4:43 pm
by herbsgirl
I usually do 50-60 minutes/ 4miles of vigourous walking (including warmup ect) with Leslie Sansone daily.
One of the big reasons I do it is for my mental status, it helps depression, OCD ect... plus the added weight benefits, and PCOS hormonal benefits are nice too
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:12 am
by Jethro
A daily hour (or 2 or 3) of daily exercise doesn't have to be continuous. It would be as effective if you broke it in chunks (5-10 min. walk per hour).
Actually, breaking it in chunks would keep you fresh and raring to go.
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:30 pm
by leafy_greens
I don't think there is an "obesity gene" in 99% of overweight people - just a history of bad eating habits.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 3:17 pm
by BrightAngel
leafy_greens wrote:I don't think there is an "obesity gene" in 99% of overweight people - just a history of bad eating habits.
You might be right about OVERWEIGHT people,-
but when it comes to OBESE people -
meaning those adults who have been about 50 lbs above their BMI obesity border for more than three years,
I believe those genetic percentages are 50% or higher.
After many years of personal reseach, I am convinced that
comparing OVERWEIGHT people to truly OBESE people is like comparing Apples to Oranges.
See more at : http://www.diethobby.com/blog.php?ax=v&nid=943