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Weight Gain May Not Be Based Just on What You Eat


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"This study probably adds a new dimension to the ongoing work," added Lichtenstein, immediate past chair of the American Heart Association's nutrition committee. "But the issue is really very, very complex. So, while I think it's important to bring up all the different possibilities of what can impact on weight, it's certainly going to take a long time to sort it all out."

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To learn more about the causes of obesity, visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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SOURCES: Kaveh Ashrafi, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of physiology and Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco; Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc., director, Cardiovascular Nutrition Lab, Gershoff Professor of Nutrition, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, Boston, and immediate past chair, nutrition committee, American Heart Association; June 2008, Cell Metabolism


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