Total fuckin bullshit.
Stop stuffing your fat face!
Agreed. I think the whole genetic thing is overblown. Think about it like this. Evolution takes millions of years right? Yet we've recently had an explosion of obesity pretty much across the world (3rd world countries as well as the US. India apparently has more diabetics than the US for example). Do you think human genetics has changed that much in the last 1000 years?
Fat kids have fat parents partly because of genes, but mostly because they get taught habits/lifestyles/perceptions that lead to obesity which are extremely had to shake. If you never learn what is a good diet and good amount of food and what normal people are supposed to look like, its hard to change all that when you finally are out on your own. Its kind of like how kids who's parents are doctors tend to end up as doctors themselves. They get passed down certain attitudes and lifestyles and its extremely hard to shake.
I weighh 200lbs and am 6ft 2inch a little more. I have almost no fat on me. I exercise everyday. A good dinner for me is a chicken breast or 2 and some sauteed spinach or carrots. I eat very little sweets (though I do use ice cream after dinner to improve muscle growth). I drink soda rarely. I generally don't get a ton of cheese in my diet, though I am not averse to some parmesan on my pasta. I generally avoid fast food (except subway and the occasional whataburger or whatchickn sandwich). Talk to obese people about their exercise habits, what they have for dinner, how much soda they drink, and how much cheese they eat in a week and you'll be surprised how wrong they get pretty much everything and how little they know about nutrition. Its not so much bad choices as it is miseducation really.
And lets not even talk about fast food. How many calories do you guys think is in a double quarter pounder with cheese and a large fry with medium coke?
Double quarter pounder is 760
Large fries is 500
Medium coke is 210
So that one lunch is 1400 calories ish when lunch should be around 700 calories. Honestly, if you are an adult and want to have lunch at mickey d's order a happy meal because thats about the right number of calories you need.