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This Personalized Nutrition System Calculates Your Body’s Real Biological Age

Sponsored You’ve heard the saying, “age is nothing but a number”. Sometimes it refers to a person’s youthful exuberance. Other times it can justify how, when, or if someone can partake in an activity, accomplish a goal, or do something they’ve always dreamed of. The truth is that the number of birthdays you have celebrated… Read More »

New tool calculates genetic risk for obesity

By analyzing millions of DNA variations in the human genome, researchers have developed a “polygenic score” for obesity, a quantitative tool that predicts an individual’s inherited risk for becoming overweight. The researchers found that a genetic predisposition to obesity begins to appear in early childhood and is often clearly evident by early adulthood — suggesting… Read More »