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| New gene test may help you pick your diet-report |
| Maggie Fox |
| 3/9/2010 |
| A preliminary study points to the possibility that genes may point to a person's response to different diets. * Gene type predicted best response to certain diets * Approach could help obese lose weight without drugs WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - Can't lose weight on a low-fat diet? Maybe you need to cut carbs instead, and a new genetic test may point the way, maker Interleukin Genetics Inc The small study of about 140 overweight or obese women showed that those on diets "appropriate" for their genetic makeup lost more weight than those on less appropriate diets, researchers told an American Heart Association meeting. "The potential of using genetic information to achieve this magnitude of weight loss without pharmaceutical intervention would be important in helping to solve the pervasive problem of excessive weight in our society," Christopher Gardner at Stanford University in California, who worked on the study, said in a statement. While the initial findings are preliminary and further study is needed they give hope for more targeted obesity treatment. |
| Additional Information: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0310559320100303 |