Cause I eat so much (especialy fatty foods like chips and stuff) and I'm still 120lbs no matter how much I eat. Some of my other friends are like that as well. However, another friend of mine is pretty big and he doesnt eat that much at all. Besides playing tennis, I dont do much excersise...
Is obesity related to heredity/genes?
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Absolutely not. Metabolic rate can be affected by heredity. Obesity is a product of consuming more calories than you use, period.
In my case being fat was just because I ate the wrong foods. Now that I'm on the right ones, I'm loosing weight.
For most of America, it's more likely due to Twinkies, a half dozen soft drinks/day, biggie fries, whopper w/cheese and sitting in front of the TV at night watching 'reality' shows and the latest movie rentals.
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I'm going to disagree somewhat there. If you have hypothyroid problems that go undiagnosed, your metabolism could more or less be non-existant. Now, unless you are working out for multiple hours a day, your average person is going to continously gain weight in this situation.
Wrong wrong wrong. It doesn't matter what you do to get obese. Whether you do it from overeating or as a result of a medical condition. When you get to a certain bodyfat percentage in relation to your overall weight - you're obese. Certain metabolic disfunctions can be passed on (inherited)
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I refuse to believe that such a large percentage of the American population has undiagnosed hypothyroid problems... While it may be a factor in some cases, I think improper diet and lack of exercise is by far dominant. However, in looking at obese parents who have obese children, there may be some genetic predilection to certain body types. Dunno...
I don't understand what you're trying to say here. No one just grows extra fat material from nothing. It has to come from somewhere. Sure, you can inherit medical conditions that lower you're metabolic rate, but the fat on your body still comes from the food you eat. Don't consume more calories than you expend and you will never,ever be obese. I can't believe that this is even being brought into question. It's basic conservation of matter/energy stuff.
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I hear that most people who are able to eat like sh*t and not gain weight are of the A positive blood type. Are you A positive?
In any case it'll catch up with you, I don't believe doctors when they say the ability to eat sh*tty foods and not gain weight is a product of a "good" matabolisim. I have a friend who eats like crap all the time but he gets gas more than anyone I've ever met in my entire life, which is a strong sign of poor digestion. So my guess is that alot of those callories are simply being passed through waste insted of being stored.
I'm sure your short on muscle though, as most poor eaters who don't gain weight are. I'd say that looks worse than someone with a little extra weight on them.
I can't eat junk food, not even rice or breads unless I'm doing some exercise right after, or else I gain weight. I weigh 210 to 215 on average and have a huge amount of muscle mass compared to your average person that maintains itself with little effort on my part. My dad was the same way, so there HAS to be a genetic link to body type.
In any case it'll catch up with you, I don't believe doctors when they say the ability to eat sh*tty foods and not gain weight is a product of a "good" matabolisim. I have a friend who eats like crap all the time but he gets gas more than anyone I've ever met in my entire life, which is a strong sign of poor digestion. So my guess is that alot of those callories are simply being passed through waste insted of being stored.
I'm sure your short on muscle though, as most poor eaters who don't gain weight are. I'd say that looks worse than someone with a little extra weight on them.
I can't eat junk food, not even rice or breads unless I'm doing some exercise right after, or else I gain weight. I weigh 210 to 215 on average and have a huge amount of muscle mass compared to your average person that maintains itself with little effort on my part. My dad was the same way, so there HAS to be a genetic link to body type.
I'm fat because I eat quite a bit and I don't excercise a whole lot. My father is a little bit bigger than I am and has the same problem. As did his father. I'm sure there are some people that can have the same kind of eating habits that we do and not gain weight, but it is a problem for the people in our family.
Dude, the calorie theory has been proven to be flawed. It's not just a simple relationship of calories in vs calories out. If there was a airtight mathematical relationship between calorie intake and weight loss/weight gain, cutting daily calories from 3000 to 1000 would result in a 60,000 calorie deficit, and a cooresponding 17 pound weight loss in a single month. Although that's possible, it would most likely be water loss, glycogen loss - not fat loss. If this caloric defecit continued for 1 full year it would result in a 200 pound weight loss. Let's suppose a person began the diet weighing 200 pounds - whould he disappear? Of course not! Bottom line: There is a genetic component that determines how many calories you will store vs how many calories you will burn. And it's this genetic component that can be passed on - and often is.
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