Researchers presented the first evidence for the evolutionary basis for the obesity epidemic and the increased prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes in the open access peer reviewed journal Public Library of Science on August 24, 2012.
A comparison of human and non-human primates genes indicated that man has a set of energy-expense genes that primates do not have.
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August 25, 2012
The Evolutionary Basis For Obesity
The first evidence for the evolutionary basis for the obesity epidemic and the increased prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes.
