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Fat and Healthy? a Species that Causes Obesity Has Been Discovered, but Protects the Heart.

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Mediafax In general, obesity is associated with elevated levels of lipoprotein with joasal density (LDL), known as “bad” cholesterol, and with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, new results published on 16 October in the journal Nature Medicine show that people with obesity caused by relatively rare forms of a gene called MC4R have lower levels of LDL cholesterol and lower heart rate than those with a similar body mass index, …
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Mediafax In general, obesity is associated with elevated levels of lipoprotein with joasal density (LDL), known as “bad” cholesterol, and with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, new results published on 16 October in the journal Nature Medicine show that people with obesity caused by relatively rare forms of a gene called MC4R have lower levels of LDL cholesterol and lower heart rate than those with a similar body mass index, …

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Mediafax broke the news in on Sunday, October 19, 2025.
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