Got a fat gene? Get active for 3-4 hours a day
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080908/ap_on_he_me/med_obesity_gene"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080812/capt.cps.ngq11.120808162629.photo00.photo.default-342x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=OQoYlFIbXjMhRtEXuZRYzQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A young French boy in a nutritional reeducation center in Bullion outside Paris, 2004. According to a surprise study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine some obese people are in good health and are not predisposed to heart ailments(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)" border="0" /></a>AP - CHICAGO (AP ? Maybe you CAN blame being fat on your genes. But there's a way to overcome that family history ? just get three to four hours of moderate activity a day. Sound pretty daunting? Not for the Amish of Lancaster County, Pa., who were the focus of a new study on a common genetic variation that makes people more likely to gain weight. It turns out the variant's effects can be blocked with physical activity ? lots of it.</p><br clear="all"/>

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