AI linked genetics and lifestyle to BMI, enabling personalized health insights.

Genequest and Fujitsu used Fujitsu’s Kozuchi causal AI to identify new causal links between genetics and lifestyle factors like diet, coffee, and alcohol use, and their impact on body mass index. The AI, which analyzes health data up to 1,000 times faster than traditional methods, leveraged the Hirosaki Health Checkup Causal Network Model to refine relationships between habits, genetics, and health outcomes. The findings support more precise, personalized health recommendations and advance preventive medicine, with potential applications beyond healthcare.