Mutation may be one of the causes of obesity in children, according to the AP.
Experts at the University of Cambridge (UK) has conducted a genetic study of 300 children under the age of 11 severely obese and discovered more than 100 children with loss of chromosome 16.
The lack of this vanished a gene essential in curbing the craving of the child.
Lacking this gene, the brain can not recognize the signal to control the body's appetite and a normal hunger can lead to overeating. This finding opens up a new direction in the treatment of obesity in children
Experts at the University of Cambridge (UK) has conducted a genetic study of 300 children under the age of 11 severely obese and discovered more than 100 children with loss of chromosome 16.
The lack of this vanished a gene essential in curbing the craving of the child.
Lacking this gene, the brain can not recognize the signal to control the body's appetite and a normal hunger can lead to overeating. This finding opens up a new direction in the treatment of obesity in children
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