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Beer-Belly Gene Found
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| 1/8/03
| Daniel DeNoon
Posted on 01/08/2003 7:14:22 AM PST by Incorrigible
Beer-Belly Gene Found
Gene Type Linked to Fat Abs in Men
By Daniel DeNoon
Reviewed By Charlotte Grayson, MD
on Monday, January 06, 2003
WebMD Medical News
Jan. 6, 2003 -- It's the end of the season for too much TV football, too much food, and, well, too much. But now some men can put the blame for their beer guts on something else -- their parents.
Men who inherit a certain gene from both parents have a higher risk of abdominal fat, an Italian study finds.
"Overweight and abdominal [fat] were more common in men with the [certain gene type], particularly among older participants," write University of Naples researcher Pasquale Strazzulo, MD, and colleagues in the Jan. 7 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
Strazzulo's team looked at 959 men 25-75 years of age. Some were among a group of men first studied in 1975 and followed for 20 years.
It's known that an enzyme known as ACE plays a role in the way fat cells grow. So the researchers looked at differences in the ACE genes to see whether different forms of the gene influenced men's body types. They found that men who inherited one particular form of the gene from both parents were 82% more likely to be overweight and 76% more likely to have fat abs.
The form of the gene wasn't the only factor that increased risk of obesity. But men with this specific form of the ACE gene inherited from both parents had a greater tendency to accumulate body fat -- particularly abdominal fat -- with age.
Right now, the finding won't be of much help to men hoping to lose weight. But it's hoped that the findings will lead to a better understanding of how the body controls fat -- and to specific targets for new weight-loss drugs.
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SOURCES: Annals of Internal Medicine, Jan. 7, 2003.
Not for commercial use. For educational and discussion purposes only.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abs; ace; gut
Wow! And I thought it was all that pizza and beer!
To: Incorrigible
Can I get special status now? Where's my free ride?!?!?
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:15:31 AM PST
by
chance33_98
(Rights sliding away one by one has the same result of them going all at once, only slower)
To: mhking
Ping!
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:17:54 AM PST
by
chance33_98
(Rights sliding away one by one has the same result of them going all at once, only slower)
To: Incorrigible
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:18:32 AM PST
by
dighton
To: Incorrigible
Darnit! I must not have the gene! I keep drinking and drinking but I just can't develop the "Beer Gut Badge of Honor". Where's my reparations.
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:18:34 AM PST
by
CougarGA7
To: Incorrigible; yooper
Meet Gene (and sister Jean).
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:25:16 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(He who laughs last thinks slowest.)
To: Incorrigible
No way is this thing real.
He must've had an implant. <|:)~
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:27:23 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(He who laughs last thinks slowest.)
To: martin_fierro
He must've had an implant. <|:)~ Or he needs to go to the bathroom really, really bad!
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:28:41 AM PST
by
chance33_98
(Here, Hold muh beer while I type.)
To: Incorrigible
Beer-Belly Gene Found I didn't know he was missing.
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:30:27 AM PST
by
savedbygrace
(Jesus is Lord)
To: mhking
Hold Muh Beer Belly!
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:31:18 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(He who laughs last thinks slowest.)
To: martin_fierro
A breakfast of Leinenkugle's.
To: Incorrigible
bump
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:33:59 AM PST
by
VOA
To: martin_fierro
Wow! That is the most highly-developed "one-pack" I have ever seen.
To: martin_fierro
There he is folks, FOX's next "Joe Millionaire".
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posted on
01/08/2003 7:51:39 AM PST
by
Paradox
To: martin_fierro
Wow, looks like quadruplets are due any minute.
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; FreedomPoster; Timesink; AntiGuv; ...
MMMMMMMmmmm....beer.....
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....
If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
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posted on
01/08/2003 9:15:31 AM PST
by
mhking
To: Incorrigible
Gene was found at the bar.
To: Thinkin' Gal
Hubby has one of those "beer belly's" and he DOESN'T DRINK beer, a rare snort of whiskey, but that is all. Looks 10 months along and ready to pop any second.
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posted on
01/08/2003 10:58:43 AM PST
by
GailA
To: martin_fierro
He should check his liver enzymes.
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posted on
01/08/2003 11:01:56 AM PST
by
AdA$tra
To: Paradox
Mummy dad's pregnant!
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posted on
01/08/2003 2:01:43 PM PST
by
widgysoft
(woo and yay!)
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