Is obesity related to genetics?

Is obesity related to genetics?

Obesity is also related to genetics. In particular, as modern society has abundant food and high-calorie foods have become more diverse compared to the past, over a billion people worldwide are classified as obese.

According to a five-year study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee, the genetic relationship with obesity was identified.

However, the researchers stated that obesity-related genes do not significantly determine the risk of obesity and that it can be managed and suppressed through healthy eating habits and exercise. They also advised, "Even without obesity-related genes, underestimating exercise can lead to obesity."

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) investigated how much activity is needed to prevent obesity and lose weight.

The researchers analyzed the genes of 3,052 normal-weight adults at the start of the study to investigate their risk of obesity. They also provided devices that could measure the average number of steps taken per day over the five-year research period.

Participants who are genetically in the top 25% for obesity risk are found to need to walk about 10,020 steps a day to prevent obesity. Meanwhile, those with about a 50% risk level only need to walk around 8,740 steps. Additionally, there are research findings indicating that individuals with severe obesity need to walk more than 2,200 steps extra daily to lose weight.

Katarin Jenner of the Obesity Health Alliance said, "Obesity is a chronic relapsing disease with many causes, including genetics and family history, and prevention is absolutely essential."

Obesity does have a genetic component.

It wasn't something to criticize about giving it to the child to eat.

Walking every day is important.