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'Hunger gene' could cause childhood obesity - WRAL.com- Childhood Obesity News

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Researchers hope the discovery might help children, such as 9-year-old Jenna Cunneen, in the middle of what some experts describe as an obesity epidemic. It found that children with a particular strain of gene could not tell when they were full. Researchers think the findings could lead to testing to indentify children with the gene or a drug to help them feel full. They warned, though, to remember that the gene is just one piece of the over-eating puzzle. Nutritionist Tara Miller said that having that gene does not doom a child to a lifelong battle with weight. Read Childhood Obesity

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