Science shows that genetics plays a role in obesity. Genes can directly cause obesity in specific disorders such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome. However genes do not always predict future health. Genes and behavior may both be needed for a person to be overweight.

nurture affects our mental and physical health. In the context of the nature vs. nurture debate, “nature” refers to biological/genetic predispositions’ impact on human traits, and nurture describes the influence of learning and other influences from one’s environment.

The nature vs. nurture debate extends to the topic of language acquisition. Today, most researchers acknowledge that both nature and nurture play a role in language acquisition. However, some researchers emphasize the influences of learning on language acquisition, while others emphasize the biological influences.

We conclude that athletic ability is influenced by both nature and nurture, and with recent progress in sports genomics research into what makes an elite athlete, using the ‘nature versus nurture’ argument is no longer applicable.

Athletics, also called track-and-field sports or track and field, a variety of competitions in running, walking, jumping, and throwing events. Although these contests are called track and field (or simply track) in the United States, they are generally designated as athletics elsewhere.

Athletic ability can be an inherited trait. Both common variants (e.g. mutation in ACTN3) and rare variants (e.g. mutation in EPOR) can influence athletic ability. Many genes often work in combination and other elements (e.g. nutrition or environment) can contribute to athletic ability.

Researchers say your genes can determine where you store belly fat, and that can have health consequences. Genetics can make everything from brown hair to chronic disease more likely. Now, having an “apple-shaped” or “pear-shaped” body can be added to that list.

“The only real rule is tremendous individual variation,” said David Epstein, author of “The Sports Gene,” a look at how much of athletic greatness is genetic and how much is learned. Epstein’s answer: 100 percent of both. “No two people respond to training in exactly the same way because of their genes,” said Epstein.