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Obesity-related genetic traits

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What experts have said about Obesity-related genetic traits

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  1. David ReichNegativeMay 8, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

    Selection reduced genetic predispositions to obesity-related traits by about one standard deviation.

    there is clear selection by about a standard deviation on the scale of modern variation for these traits, reducing about 10,000 over the last 10,000 in this part of the world.

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