Anything Goes? The Epigenetics Challenge
A child’s early experiences alter gene expression and affect long-term development whether we like it or not, and whether or not we believe it.
Obesity, Epigenetics and a Wild Card
We can influence the impact of DNA methylation by avoiding sugar and stress, and by getting enough quality sleep, among other things.
The Epigenetics Obesity Dream
Obesity can be a “legacy” passed on to succeeding generations, not only for genetic reasons but for epigenetic ones.
Epigenetics and Grandkids
Research proves that some epigenetic changes can be passed along to children and even grandchildren.
What’s Up With Epigenetics?
As if the multi-factorial plague of obesity were not complicated enough already, it seems that epigenetics must be counted in the equation.
Antibiotics, Prematurity, Ototoxicity, Obesity, and Epigenetics
As Childhood Obesity News recently pointed out, deaf children are at greater risk of becoming obese, and that is only one aspect of a complicated five-way relationship between hearing loss, obesity, prematurity, antibiotics, and the passing along of somatic liabilities to descendents. One corner of the puzzle was described by Mathew Dearnaley for the New […]
The 7th of the 9 Truths
Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder all run in families. Which exact genes are responsible, is still a mystery.
Genes, From Must to Maybe
It looks as though a person’s genetic makeup does not actually imply inexorable fate but resembles something more like a set of very strong suggestions.
Oversize Bodies and Itty-Bitty Genes, Continued
Nature is able to circumvent expectations and even reason, and science should not be blamed for underestimating that possibility.
Oversize Bodies and Itty-Bitty Genes
Here is an overview of contemporary knowledge and thinking about the relationship between obesity and genetics.