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I find it really interesting that one of the consequences is increased obesity in offspring. It's basically evolution passing on the message from one generation
by monkeybutton 4y ago
I find it really interesting that one of the consequences is increased obesity in offspring. It's basically evolution passing on the message from one generation to the next: "Pack on those extra calories when you can kid, you're gonna need them!" Then when those environmental stressors are gone the signal is turned off for next generation. Sort of a short-term but cross-generational mechanism for optimizing metabolism. Wild.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoIt might also be a gene’s way of reducing the likelihood of future propagation due to the harm? https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/obesity-fertility-and-contraception-disparities-among-women-3-perspectives/ https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/obesity-fertility-and-co...
- em-bee 4y agothere was another study about obesity in sweden that could be traced to a famine in a certain village several generations earlier.