"Are We Entering An Epigenetic Spiral Of Obesity?"
As in, can a kid catch it from his mother? And the answer is, possibly. Ross Pomeroy blogs at RealClearScience:
A 2009 study from the University of Pennsylvania linked a mother rodent's diet-induced obesity to offspring adiposity, risk of cardiovascular disease and impaired glucose metabolism. This research was reaffirmed in 2010 when a study published in Nature showed that obesity can alter gene expression in lab rats, and these changes can then be passed on to progeny. Descendants of rat parents fed an obesity-triggering diet were born with impaired insulin production.
Well I am fucked. My mother was type 1 diabetes and my father was a fat man/endomorph. Myself I ended up fat, slimmer now on the low carb (thanks Amy!). I consider myself one of the those unlucky people who can not enjoy the good food. Life is like that at times.
So I do suspect I was messed up by my parents genes.
John Paulson at March 2, 2012 1:05 AM
On the plus side epigenetic changes (inheriting the tendency to be fat due to diet) seem to last only one or two generations.
"There are a handful of examples showing that environmentally-induced changes can be passed from one generation to the next. In nearly all of these examples, the changes disappear after one or two generations" - Why Evolution is True
link:
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/worst-science-journalism-of-the-year-darwin-completely-wrong-again/
Andrew Hall at March 2, 2012 3:06 AM
No, we're in an epidemic spiral of nanny-statism. I only hope it can still be cured without drastic measures.
John David Galt at March 3, 2012 12:05 PM
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