There are many studies on obesity inherited justify a gene but it is also true that we inherit family health habits.

Hereditary obesity research
Has long studied whether obesity may have a genetic cause.

There have been studies that show there is a familial tendency toward obesity, most often the children of obese parents tend to be fat and become obese adults. The scientific community agrees that the genetics of obesity is responsible for this demonstrated that genes involved in regulating weight, number and size of adipocytes and the distribution of fat tissue in the body.
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