Imagine what you might do differently if DNA testing from a simple blood test told you there was a strong chance that you –– or your child –– could become overweight or obese.
We've had evidence for a long time that obesity is affected by genetics. What this really adds is the ability to distill the risk from the genome into a simple number for each person and look at that number in relation to the rest of the population,” says Dr. Sekar Kathiresan, a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and one of the authors of the paper.
"Some people based on their genome are inherently predisposed to put on weight over their life, and some people are remarkably protected," Kathiresan says. Data from the study's birth cohort revealed only small differences in birth weight between infants with high scores versus those with lower scores . But the children with high scores started exhibiting elevated weight gain as early as age 3.
Bramblette now sits on the board of directors for the Obesity Action Coalition, an advocacy organization that partners with Tufts Medical Center. She also suffers from a disease called lymphedema, a condition that has caused excess fluids to collect in her tissues.
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