Researchers from Cambridge University say people's help them to stay slim. They discovered that people had DNA that helped stay slim. Their DNA contained things linked to being overweight. A of metabolism and , Sadaf Farooqi, said: "We've found that there are genes associated with thinness. Genes play at 40 per cent of a role in people's . It's much more than people realize." This might help explain why people are naturally skinny while others have with keeping their weight down.
The study is in the PLOS Genetics. The researchers wanted to find out why so people struggle with their weight. An incredible 94.5 per cent of adults on the South Pacific of Nauru are overweight. Professor Farooqi said she wanted to help people are struggling. She said: "It's to rush to judgment and criticize people for their weight, but the shows that things are far more ." She added: "Healthy, thin people are thin because they have a lower of genes that increase a person's of being overweight."
