Win the battle against 'obesity gene' with healthy lifestyle

While the AIG study makes it clear that in younger Indians below 30 years, a poor lifestyle combined with obesity genes makes them 16 times more likely to be obese, it also offers a way forward.  Despite the handicap of ‘bad genes’, if young Indians adopt a healthy lifestyle, it is actually three times more effective at ‘turning off’ the impact of the bad genes, compared to older generations, study said.