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'Carb breakdown' gene may predict obesity

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By ABC7
March 31, 2014

After studying more than 6,000 people around the world, Swedish scientists discovered a gene that may make the difference. The gene makes an enzyme that breaks down carbs.

People with fewer copies of this gene had more trouble breaking down starchy foods and were eight times more likely to be obese than people who had the most copies of the gene.

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