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According our perceptions, urine can disclose the health condition like fever, diabetes, albumin, and some other infections, but a recent study came across the association of pee and the body mass, which is capable of providing good insights into the effects of obesity and allied diseases.

There have been many confirmations, that obesity causes heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer, but there were no analysis of linkage between the body fat and disease. According to a study conducted by the researchers of Imperial College London, urine sample can reveal the "metabolic signature" and obesity factors.

The metabolites in urine, mix of several chemicals emerged from the biochemical processes in the body, can give a depiction of person's genetic makeup and lifestyle factors. The researchers have analysed over 2,000 volunteers’ urine samples from US and UK, where they found 29 different metabolic products which matched with person's body mass index. They also have studied the subject in relation with the different parts of the body.

In their research, they came to know that some of the metabolites are produced by bacteria that live in the gut, and some are originated in muscles, which can give good account of obesity.

The authors have said that the controlling of obesity as an emergency and a starting point of deeper studies in understanding the allied risks. It is however, important to note that the study has came across just factors depicting the obesity like symptoms, and there are many influencing parameters to analyse the risks of obesity and to predict obesity.

If the study report gets assent, it would be new era in tackling obesity, which is universal problem now. Urine samples are crucial in finding several diseases now.

-Kannamsai