http://news.health.com/2008/12/11/gene-may-make-kids-crave-junk-food/ Health, medical, and wellness news from Health.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://news.health.com/2008/12/11/gene-may-make-kids-crave-junk-food/#comment-3683 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:26:06 +0000 http://news.health.com/?p=9699#comment-3683 Genes don’t “drive us” or “make us,” they lay out a tendency, but we contradict our genetic programming every day. Although I think studies into genetically influenced behavior is intriguing and important, we have to be careful not to begin to think that genetics prescribe any behaviors. We, as human beings, are learners and our genes only put us at a tentative starting point – no more, no less.

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