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MADem

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2. Well, won't this change the world, if it pans out!

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 05:56 PM

Mar 2014

Of course, we've heard these sorts of teases before, but where there's research, there's hope, I should imagine...

Numerous other genes have been identified as contributing to obesity in the past, and experts have cautioned against placing too much hope on a simple pharmaceutical solution.

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'Fat Gene' Discovery Could Help Fight Flab [View all] The Straight Story Mar 2014 OP

Murdoch outfit Kelvin Mace Mar 2014 #1

Search the geneticist if you don't believe it:. dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #5

Well, won't this change the world, if it pans out! MADem Mar 2014 #2

very interesting Scout Mar 2014 #3

I've lost 30 pounds since January. PhilSays Mar 2014 #4

That takes effort; a pill takes none. Often, dieters want something for nothing. JJChambers Mar 2014 #6

Yup, you are right. eating less and exercising more itsrobert Mar 2014 #7

smug much? n/t Scout Mar 2014 #9

While that works nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #12

I have, I have. phylny Mar 2014 #13

That generally works, but there are many exceptions -- Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #14

You mean it is not always gluttony by poor people and southerners? Jamastiene Mar 2014 #8

no, on DU it's still just gluttony and laziness. Scout Mar 2014 #10

i hope the insurance companies don't figure out a way to screen for it 0rganism Mar 2014 #11