Honey, I widened the kids!

Don’t feel bad if you are heavy. It might be your parents’ fault. People have been thinking obesity is genetic. Now scientists have the proof––only the change of one DNA base pair will do it. Yes, one base pair. Easy! No wonder the morning buses get packed so fast. Read “Gene Variant May Boost Obesity Risk” from ScienceNow for more detail. Further research might lead to:

1. Early identification of people with higher risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart diseases;
2. Reduce risk of obesity using gene therapy;
3. Engineering visuses to make people fat. (What a terrible biological weapon!)

Unfortunately, this finding does not mean those who don’t have the fat gene can sit tight. The causes of obesity are very complicated. Don’t rush to McDonald’s yet! (Image from pharyngula.org.)