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Weighing up the facts on genes and obesity
Last month an article for which I was interviewed appeared in newspapers around Australia.The article, written by Walkley award winning journalist Paula Goodyer, gave empathic insight into the influence of your genes on how hard or easy it is for you to lose weight and keep it off.
Paula's article encapsulates what every person who struggles with their weight and knows it's not entirely their fault would love all naturally thin people to know.
As someone who's hard-wired to prefer sitting in a cafe drinking lattes over pumping iron, I would have loved to show this article to the thin dietitians who tried to help me lose weight in my younger, fatter years!
To read Paula's article or send it to someone who'd do well from a ray of hope about genes and their weight, click here.
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