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Are genes 100% responsible for hereditary health problems or are common habits and routines responsible as well?

Asked by SquirrelEStuff (10007points) January 25th, 2009

Since kids develop certain types of diets and habits from their parents, they may develop similar health problems when they get older.
Ex. obese parents will most likely have obese kids, but the kids have the same diet as the parents, so is diet or genes the culprit?

Is diet and habit taken into consideration when studying hereditary health problems?

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