Do your genes fit?

Article Abstract:

Canadian scientist Claude Bouchard is slowly making headway to discovering reasons for the variances in genetic aspects among people pertaining to body structure, weight gain, weight control and exercise, among others. Bouchard is not probing which genes regulate how quickly people gain weight or get in shape.

Research, Body composition, Body size, Body weights and measures, Physiology, Comparative, Comparative physiology, Bouchard, Claude

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Are your genes preventing you from losing weight?

Article Abstract:

Genes and environment can determine a person's weight. Scientists have discovered a fat gene that may be a cause of obesity. Environmental factors such as exercise and eating habits also affect weight.

Obesity, Genetics

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Weight control in wrestling: eating disorders or disordered eating?

Article Abstract:

This article discusses weight consciousness in wrestlers. Concerns with body weight during the season were related to the demands of wrestling and were not psychologically typical of bulimia nervosa.

Psychological aspects, Health aspects, Diagnosis, Eating disorders, Bulimia, Body weight, Wrestlers

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