Obesity is a global epidemic affecting millions of people every day and is associated with comorbidities ranging from heart disease and type 2 diabetes to osteoarthritis and social stigma. While lifestyle factors, like diet and exercise, affect obesity, years of genetic research have identified about 20 genes that have a high effect on the likelihood of a person developing the condition.
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