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Statement 5
Genes influence how our body reacts to a specific weight loss program, and can increase the results up to
2.5-fold.
A study by (Lindi et al., Diabetes 51: 2581-2586, 2002) concluded that people who followed a 3-year program of moderate
exercise and dieting, and had the optimal genetic profile, lost 2.5 times more weight than those with an unfavorable
genetic profile (8.3 kg on the average in comparison to 3.4 kg on average). However, 1 year after completion of the study,
the weight of people with the favorable genetic profile had increased significantly more than the weight of the group
with the unfavorable profile. Thus, the favorable profile makes sports and diet more effective, but also makes the yo-yo
effect more severe.
Publications
➤ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=12145174 Diabetes. 2002 Aug;51(8):2581-6. Association of the Pro12Ala
polymorphism in the PPAR-gamma2 gene with 3-year incidence of type 2 diabetes and body weight change in the Finnish
Diabetes Prevention Study. Lindi VI, Uusitupa MI, Lindström J, Louheranta A, Eriksson JG, Valle TT, Hämäläinen H, Ilanne-Parikka
P, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Laakso M, Tuomilehto J; Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study.
Your genes do not change and the traits and variations will remain the same from your birth until the end of your life.
Therefore, you do not need to retest your genes as you will always get the same results. Genetic analyses are technically
very complex and there is a small chance that a genetic variant may have been missed. To prevent this, we have
integrated several quality assurance measures in our processes which ensure the accuracy of our diagnosis. We do
everything possible to ensure that the results of your analysis are accurate.
However, you should be aware that there is the (unlikely) possibility that still unidentified genes have an effect on
weight loss and were thus missed by this analysis. Therefore keep track of our new products and product improvements
in order to stay informed about newly discovered relevant genes.
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