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Relaxed natural selection contributes to global obesity increase more in males than in females due to more environmental modifications in female body mass.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2018

You Wenpeng, Henneberg Maciej

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OBJECTIVE: Relaxed natural selection, measured by Biological State Index (Ibs), results in unfavourable genes/mutations accumulation in population. Obesity is partly heritable. We aim to examine and compare the effects of relaxed natural selection on male and female obesity prevalence. METHODS: Data for 191 countries of the world were captured for this ecological study. Curvilinear regressions, bivariate and...

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PMID: 30021019
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199594
PMCID: PMC6051589

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