Op.Dr. Turker Karabuğa | Is Obesity a Genetic Disease?

Hello everyone. One of the frequently asked and wondered issues about obesity is whether obesity is a genetic disease? Yes, obesity is a genetically inherited disease. Studies show that if one of the parents is obese, the rate of obesity in the child is 6%, while if both parents are obese, the probability of the child being obese is found to be 50%. This is one of the most important studies showing that obesity is a genetically inherited disease. Obesity is a genetically inherited disease. But it is also a preventable disease, but when it reaches a certain level, it is a disease whose treatment is surgical.