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Some people try hard to look like their favorite celebrities by changing their hairstyles and clothing, but it can become an obsession for others, leading to multiple plastic surgeries.
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Michael Jackson weighed a reported 112 pounds at his death. He was 5 feet 11 inches tall, which would make his body mass index a skeletal 15.6 at the time of his death. A healthy BMI is between 18.5 and 25, and according to the World Health Organization, a BMI of 16.0 is the weight at which one might die of starvation.
Mark Rubi, a writer for www.Examiner.com, poses the question of whether Jackson suffered from anorexia, an eating disorder characterized by an unwillingness to eat. Sources close to Jackson say that he admittedly ate very little, and many who saw him up close over the last few years said he looked very frail.
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An international study found that a variation in a gene that is active in the central nervous system is associated with increased risk for obesity. This research adds to the evidence that genes influence appetite and that the brain plays a role in obesity.
Robert Kaplan, PhD., associate professor of epidemiology and population health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University helped direct the international study, which involved 34 research institutions. Dr. Kaplan and colleagues found that people who have inherited the gene variant NRXN3 have a 10-15 percent increased risk of being obese compared with people who do not have the variant.
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