Obesity is a worldwide epidemic that increases the risk of many chronic diseases including diabetes, cancer, and others.
By the way, it is believed that eating too much food leads to obesity, but experts have discovered a major reason for this.
Apart from eating too much or not exercising, your genes also play a role.
This was revealed in a medical study in the UK.
Research from the University of Exeter revealed that the causes of obesity are complex and in most cases a combination of factors play a role.
According to research, our genes also play an important role in making us prone to obesity.
The study collected data from the UK Biobank on millions of people and looked at the extent to which their genes contributed to weight gain.
The results identified a specific gene, SMIM1, that plays a role in obesity.
Women who carry 2 defective copies of this gene have an average body weight of 4.6 kg more than other women, while men have a body weight of 2.4 kg more.
Research has found that faulty gene transcription leads to decreased thyroid function and reduced energy expenditure, leading to increased body fat storage even when eating less.
The study also discovered that this genetic mutation occurs in one in every 5,000 individuals.
The researchers said that it may be considered rare, but if the world’s population of 8 billion is taken into account, this number becomes much higher.
The researchers will now evaluate whether the use of thyroid disease drugs is beneficial in people with this mutation.
He said that many factors play a role in weight gain, some of which can be controlled and some of which cannot.
The results of this study were published in the journal Med.