Publication: Microevolutionary Hypothesis of the Obesity Epidemic
Microevolutionary Hypothesis of the Obesity Epidemic
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Fraiman, J., Baver, S., & Henneberg, M. (2023). Microevolutionary Hypothesis of the Obesity Epidemic (No. 555238; BioRxiv). https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.29.555238
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The obesity epidemic represents potentially the largest phenotypic change inHomo sapienssince the origin of the species. Despite obesity’s high heritability, a change in the gene pool has not generally been presumed as a potential cause of the obesity epidemic. Here we advance the hypothesis that a rapid change in the obesogenic gene pool has occurred second to the introduction of modern obstetrics dramatically altering evolutionary pressures on obesity - the microevolutionary hypothesis of the obesity epidemic. Obesity is known to in
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Fraiman, J., Baver, S., & Henneberg, M. (2023). Microevolutionary Hypothesis of the Obesity Epidemic (No. 555238; BioRxiv). https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.29.555238
