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Worldwide Increase of Obesity Is Related to the Reduced Opportunity for Natural Selection

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  • Alicja Budnik
  • Maciej Henneberg

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Worldwide rise of obesity may be partly related to the relaxation of natural selection in the last few generations. Accumulation of mutations affecting metabolism towards excessive fat deposition is suggested to be a result of less purging selection. Using the WHO and UN data for 159 countries there is a significant correlation (r = 0.60, p 30kg/m2). This correlation remains significant (r = 0.32., p

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  • Alicja Budnik & Maciej Henneberg, 2017. "Worldwide Increase of Obesity Is Related to the Reduced Opportunity for Natural Selection," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0170098
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170098
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    1. Janina Markowska, 2018. "Activity of Metformin in Selected Malignan Tumours in Women," Current Research in Diabetes & Obesity Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 6(1), pages 10-12, February.

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