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13. If obesity is genetic, what can I do about it?
No treatment, including gene therapy and genetic
manipulation, is available to alter the genetics of a person to correct the disease. Perhaps in the future something will be
developed, but now "genetic treatments" do not exist.
If your family carries the genes for the Bardet-Biedl syndrome or the Prader-Willi syndrome, then you should speak with your physician and see a genetic counselor.

1. Responda as seguintes perguntas:
a. É possível mudar a genética de alguém para reduzir suas chances de se tornar obeso? Retire um trecho do texto
que comprove a sua resposta.
b. Quais são as duas sindromes relacionadas à obesidade mencionadas no texto?

2. Reescreva as frases abaixo começando com as palavras fornecidas formando novas sentenças na primeira
condicional:
a. If obesity is genetic, what can I do about it?
What can.... _____________
b. If your family carries the genes for the Bardet-Biedl syndrome or the Prader-Willi syndrome, then you should
speak with your physician and see a genetic counselor.
You should... _____________​

Answer 1

Resposta:

Explicação:

4)

a. No, it's not.

"...now 'genetic treatments' do not exist"

b. Bardet-Biedl syndrome and the Prader-Willi syndrome.

5)

a. What can I do about obesity if it is genetic?

b. You should speak with your physician and see a genetic counselor if your family carries the genes for the Bardet-Biedl syndrome or the Prader-Willi syndrome.