Scientists from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, together with colleagues from Sweden, Australia and Germany, have identified the existence of a gene associated with obesity.
According to experts, this gene influences the destruction of mitochondria.
Experts explain: “Mitochondria are cells that are capable of breaking down and decomposing fats,” as reported by RIA Novosti .
Due to the strong breakdown of these cells, weight loss can occur very slowly.
Research results
According to WHO statistics, obesity is a global epidemic of the twenty-first century.
This problem very often leads to an increase in the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, as well as the development of diabetes, breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancer.
Despite the existing myth that weight loss is hindered by insufficient willpower, the real reason lies in physiological processes.
The experts added: "Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease."
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