Saturday, September 27th, 2008...8:44 pm

Fat Genes – Fact or Fiction

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Okay, so tonight’s post is actually inspired by my new “fat jeans”, which prompted me to do some quick research on “fat genes”.  Puns play a pretty central role in our family’s humor, so the association was inevitable.

It all started with a pen leak in my pocket a couple weeks ago, resulting in a huge black ink stain that didn’t come out whatsoever in my only pair of jeans.  Okay, in the only pair of jeans I own without holes and that I can fit in.  So, I had to buy a new pair of jeans – or heaven forbid I wear slacks to work.   My wonderful wife called me up a few days later and said she was at the store and there were some jeans on sale.  Then the magic question – “what size do you need me to get?”  Gulp… 38×34.  Okay, so I officially got my first pair of “fat jeans”.

On to the topic at hand.  Fat genes.  In my initial scan on Google, it came up with a few articles of interest… one from 2000 and another from 2007.  The short of it is that there is some data that shows a correlation between certain genes and increased propensity to be obese.  I’m not sure where I would fall in this categorization, since I haven’t analyzed my DNA recently, but I figure either way it doesn’t matter – it can’t be an excuse to stay fat.  Gotta push through and drop 30 pounds.

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