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A human silhouette made of unchanging DNA next to the same silhouette made of fast-food packaging, visibly bigger

Does Junk Food Make You Thicc? We Checked the Genetics.

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Someone asked an AI chatbot if eating processed food makes specific body parts bigger. The honest answer is more interesting than yes or no — it's a story about which part of your body actually listens to your genes, and which part has been listening to something else entirely for the last 45 years.

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