From the beginning of time, what you were able to eat was determined by what you could catch or find. We as humans are in a world where food wasn’t always as easily accessible as it is today. Because of this our bodies are designed to go into survival mode. Our bodies are designed to store food as energy for times when we are unable to eat. Fat is the “adipose tissue”, or organ that is made for this particular job. We are able to store fat, which in turn makes it possible so that we can survive for many months without dying. In the last few decades it seems as though our bodies are continuing to store fat, even when it is not needed. This is causing obesity. In today’s times we no longer need to put out as much physical activity as was once needed and we have food so easily accessible to us at all times that it has put us in a situation where we are taking in more food then we need. Scientists have recently started to look for the ways our bodies work when it comes to a regulatory system for fat. …show more content…
There have been studies that have found that there is a gene called FTO that seems to be linked to being overweight. People who carry the FTO gene, on average, weighed 3 kilograms heavier then those who did not carry this gene. They do not know why being a carrier of this gene causes one to weigh more then those who do not, but the fact that these people do weigh more, makes it seem that this gene may have something to do with a regulatory system for