Lean gene 'linked to heart risk' {and Type 2 diabetes} (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Genes that result in a slender figure have been linked to heart disease and type-two diabetes, conditions normally associated with being overweight.

A study suggests variants of the IRS1 gene reduce fat under the skin, but not the more dangerous visceral fat around organs such as the heart and liver.

The Medical Research Council study, published in Nature Genetics, examined the genes of more than 76,000 people.

The link between the genetic variants and the conditions was stronger in men.
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"It is not only overweight individuals who can be predisposed for these metabolic diseases, and lean individuals shouldn't make assumptions that they are healthy based on their appearance."
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13925333

[hedgehog]

1. But, but.........Thermodynamics, calories in, calories out!

[izquierdista]

2. It all comes down to the IRS

I knew they were up to no good. Michelle Bachmann should be able to use this in her campaign.

[HockeyMom]

3. If you are fat, you will die of heart attack

If you are skinny, you will die of heart attack. If you are tall, you will die of heart attack. If you are short, you will die of heart attack.

Let's all just eat, drink, and be merry because we are all going to die (of a heart attack).