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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by ahtihn on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:16AM (#32747033)
> There are people genetically predisposed to gain weight

And this genetic mutation somehow happened in the last 50-100 years or so? Obese people have always existed. Obese poor people are fairly new. The root cause is diet, not genetics.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by chefandy on Thursday September 08, 2022 @12:21PM (#32767804)
It's "common knowledge!"

Read "a contamination theory of the obesity epidemic" to see how incorrect your assumptions are.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by echelon on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:51AM (#32747305)
Human HLA / MHC have a significant role in gut microbiota composition.

Gut flora, in turn, play a significant role in hormone and appetite.

The interactions are complex, but genetics contributes to obesity.

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