Winter 2017
Seeing double
The Washington State Twin Registry is a powerful aid in promoting better health.
Glen Duncan is an outlier in an obesogenic environment. While he’s fit and trim, two in three Americans carry too much weight for their own good and are largely sedentary during work and leisure time. It would help if he had a twin to compare himself with. As it is, he studies other twins in the hope of teasing out why some people are drawn to healthy behavior, others not.
Duncan has long been a runner, from high school races to weekend 10Ks. For the past ten years he has practiced … » More …