# Marvelous, they find a gene for obesity, and it's name is 2 letters shy of FATSO

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**Created:** [April 13, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-they-find-a-gene-for-obesity-and-its-name-is-2-letters-shy-of-fatso/399889 "2007-04-13T00:43:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-they-find-a-gene-for-obesity-and-its-name-is-2-letters-shy-of-fatso/399889/1 "2007-04-13T00:43:32Z")

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[FTO](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/sc_nm/obesity_gene_dc).

I guess it could have been worse.

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