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szpaceSZ t1_j5iqd7u wrote

Reply to comment by yourmomma77 in How our microbiome is shaped by family, friends, and even neighbors. Study of the gut and mouth microbiomes of thousands of people from around the world raises the possibility that diseases linked to microbiome dysfunction, including cancer, diabetes, and obesity, could be partly transmissible. by MistWeaver80

Might be that weight / obesity isn't that much about genetics, but dietary habits?

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yourmomma77 t1_j5jq0qg wrote

They definitely ate junk food so not necessarily in this instance.

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crackedrogue6 t1_j5kg6x9 wrote

My roommate was raised in a household of what I would call stocky individuals. I was raised in a household of, well, beanpoles.

Lo and behold, a few years later of me cooking and prepping every meal and roomie looks like he grew up around my family, not his.

Definitely eating habits, how much you eat, and the quality of what you eat….at least in my very limited experience.

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