AdvtJoin the community of 2M+ industry professionals Subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights & analysis. Download ETHealthworld App Get Realtime updatesSave your favourite articles Scan to download AppNew Delhi: One's Body Mass Index (BMI) could be explained genetically, researchers have said after they found a 77 per cent chance of children developing obesity at the age of 17 if their parents had the condition at the same age. Data was available for 24 per cent of over 4.45 lakh trios included in the analysis. The correlation between father-son BMI was found to be 0.273, indicating that a son's BMI could be influenced by the father's by up to 27 per cent.Further, the authors found a stronger correlation between BMIs of mothers and daughters, compared with those of mothers and sons. Mothers with obesity have been previously linked with higher chances of daughters developing the condition, compared with fathers having obesity.The result, therefore, underscores gender-specific influences on the heritability of BMI, along with genetic and environmental factors, the authors said.>

Source: Economic Times June 29, 2024 19:31 UTC