One high-fat diet, two different outcomes: The path to obesity becomes clearer
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 22:28
in Health & Medicine
Why is it that two people can consume the same high fat, high-calorie Western diet and one becomes obese and prone to diabetes while the other maintains a slim frame? This question has long baffled scientists, but a new study provides a simple explanation: weight is set before birth in the developing brain.