Its In Your Genes

  • 26/05/2008

  • WHO

Bitter-Sweet: According to World Health Organization figures, more than 32 million Indians suffer from diabetes (Pic By Subhabrata Das) If you feel Indians have a tendency to acquire that extra bit of flab around the waist, you're not alone. Now a scientific study has confirmed it, and here goes the verdict: Blame it on the genes! The gene sequence may have been identified, but an effective curative mechanism could still be a decade away. Yet, the new study is a shot in the arm for efforts to counter obesity and its dangerous corollaries such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, even bone problems. The study, conducted by scientists from the UK, the US and France, has found that the