According to a new study, people, with an alternate gene that causes obesity, tend to consume around 100 calories (average) per meal.

Almost 63% people carry FTO gene key variant. In the study, the researchers from the University of Dundee tested eating habits of 100 children between four to ten years of age.

They found that children that had alternate gene opted more sugary and fatty foods that suggested they were naturally prone to these unhealthy food options instead of the healthy ones.

Every child had to undergo three different eating tests in which a variety of foods were offered to them.

The researchers noticed that there wasn’t any impact of the alternate on the rate that body chose to break food down or people’s activities.