Obesity and Cancer- Your Fault or Your Genetics intro conversation Does genetics impact you getting obese. Maybe; Genetics minor role Your choices and circumstances can increase or decrease your genetic risk This means we can somewhat control it A few hundred years ago we werent eating and very active to survive hence why we have fat to store Society allows easy access- and we eat excess Good news is that you have the control this Anyone can lose weight Calories in vs out Decreased metabolism, diabetes, complicate But unhealthy life style caused it Changing to a healthy one early enough reverses it and many others. Genetics and obesity FTO Cant deny environments part on making us obese, but how much does genetics matter? “Runs in the family” - habits, not genetics Italian pasta sedentary family- kids become? Our genes didn’t suddenly change 100 years ago.(obesity) however 100-ish genetic markers linked to obesity. all of them together account for less than 3% difference in BMI between people . The “fat gene” (called FTO, “FaT mass and Obesity associated’’) most linked less than 1 percent difference between people- 0.34 percent. Do you have FTO? Who cares- results in a few hundred extra calories per year In other words, no; those genes don’t make you look fat. FTO gene has appears weaker among physically active, may be abolished in those eating healthier diets. FTO only appears to affect certian high sat/tran fats and sugar Thos active and healthy eating, no increased weight gain risk even with fto from both parents FTO gene status does not appear to affect your ability to lose weight. We were designed for food to be addicting Obesity does usually become lack of willpower Eat right, workout right, live well)drink smoke) Our environment makes us use self control for food Id love to eat a bunch of junk too, some of it is delicious!- moderate We are designed to eat everything, and move to survive- not required anymore its why we crave sugar and fat- fast and high cal Since food wasnt always available, those that could eat the most survived the longest., We no longer need to be active to be alive, so we have to do it voluntarily a lot- exercise Cancer and genetics Cancer= mutations, then uncontrolled growth External- tobacco, alcohol, standing in radioactive sludge, south park microwave etc Internal- “random cellular changes Inherited mutations- Different; in the dna of every cell Genetics affect cancer, but so does environment Inherited genetic mutations plays role in 5 to 10 percent of all cancers Slightly more with hormonal cancers in generl Colon CA- has been increasing 1% to 3% annually- not solely genetic Our environment will activate those susceptible to cancer Cancer growers- like kidney stone growers .Genetic testing for cancers- can, but may not want to, depends. Suggested if several close relatives have had it, if youve had it or another cancer before, Just want to be proactive Have a physical trait suggesting CA- Café-au-lait spots Neurofibromatosis- Genetic, changes nerve growth, causes nerve tumors 10% to 25% have café-au-lait spots; NF is suspected when a person has 6 or more Cancer and Enviroment- “Everything causes cancer now” Cleaners, tobacco, alcohol, standing in radioactive goo, cooking with foil Cancer percentage has increased Especially younger adults, 20-50yrs heavily correlated with youth obesity Excess body fat increases Colorectal, uterine, kidney, pancreatic and more constantly from inflammation Visceral fat releases estrogens higher estrogen levels increase cell production, could result in tumor growth,” Fat cells release proinflammatides
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