The findings, published in Nature Genetics, suggest that some people are effectively hardwired to overeat, through genes that control appetite, satiety and how many calories they burn.

根据发表在《自然遗传学》的有关发现，有些人生来携带好吃基因，这些基因控制着胃口、对食物的满足感以及卡路里的燃烧量。

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Studies of laboratory animals have suggested it also helps control appetite and weight.

实验动物研究揭示它也帮助控制食欲和体重。

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The study focuses on leptin, a hormone that helps control appetite.

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Both drugs helped patients lose weight by elevating brain chemicals that control appetite.

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Millennium Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: MLNM - news - people ) and Abbott, for instance, are already in the early stages of human testing on a gene-derived medicine that helps control appetite.

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Many investors saw Arena's pill, which affects a part of the brain involved in appetite control, as safer than rival drugs.

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