If you follow the news, you have probably heard about leptin, a hormone that controls both appetite and how our bodies use energy. Recently, scientists have discovered a so-called obesity gene, which directs the action of this hormone. In other words, there seems to be a genetic component to how we handle both hunger and fat storage-two major issues in losing weight. Some of us have been waiting all of our life to hear this news. Wow! There actually are such things as fat genes that may lead to fat jeans!

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