Beer lovers around the world can relax a little: apparently, the size of the so-called beer belly depends not so much on the amount of beer consumed as on the genes. A group of Italian scientists announced that in overweight and obesity among men, the DD genotype, present in 40% of the inhabitants of the Earth.

The researchers studied about 300 workers for 20 years and found that DD carriers "accumulate" 50% more fat than those with no gene.

According to scientists, identifying the involvement of a particular gene to obesity is only half the case. We still have to find out the mechanism of its work, which, perhaps, will be the key to creating medicines.

Meanwhile, according to the estimates of the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2000. On our planet from obesity suffered about 300 million people. The number increased by 200 million in just five years.

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