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Division of Chemistry Newsletter, Summer 2016

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Feeling heavy, light, or about right? Research finds genes may be to blame.

09/29/2016 04:09 AM EDT

Do you feel overweight, about right, or too skinny? Your answer to that question may be tied to genes you inherited from your parents, especially if you are a female, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

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