America’s battle of the bulge is not going well. A recent report suggests that 61 percent of U.S. adults–almost 108 million people–are overweight and, therefore, are at greater risk for heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
PPAR-gamma (yellow) and another protein (red) join and attach to DNA at the start of a gene (red).
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