{"id":3639,"date":"2019-01-22T15:55:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T23:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/?p=3639"},"modified":"2019-01-22T15:55:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T23:55:04","slug":"http-r-smartbrief-com-resp-levycehuifdgntptciegiwcicnfanbformatmultipart-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/http-r-smartbrief-com-resp-levycehuifdgntptciegiwcicnfanbformatmultipart-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Study examines role of genetics in body fat distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-296798 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-336111 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc_text_block\">\n<p>Researchers analyzed data from the UK Biobank cohort involving 362,499 individuals and found 98 independent genetic factors that were related to body fat distribution, including 29 genes that were not previously associated with fat-related phenotypes. Published in <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/r.smartbrief.com\/resp\/lgzZDjuQiArkpcpIfDtCegcOTEJa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature Communications<\/a>, the study also revealed a significant difference in body fat distribution between sexes, with women more likely to store fat in the trunk and legs, giving them some protection against cardiovascular disease, while men have more fat in the trunk.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mobile_wrap\"><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/r.smartbrief.com\/resp\/lgzZDjuQiArkpcpwfDtCegcOKBup?format=multipart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genetic Engineering &amp; Biotechnology News<\/a><span class=\"\"> (1\/21)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-diabetes-related-news","post_format-post-format-link"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3643,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639\/revisions\/3643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}