Jan 02 2008

Fat, Fat, Fat

Tag: healthDonna B. @ 10:23 pm

Fat, I am.

Why? One reason is I eat & drink the wrong things - I can’t eat too much of anything since I had banded gastroplasty and have about a 4 bite limit on solids, less on lean meats. The limit is higher on liquids, but not infinite. So, most of my weight is probably under my control. But what about that part that is due to inheritance? My mother, and my grandmothers on both sides were obese.

There’s plenty of evidence that genetics plays a role in obesity. I thought I’d gather some links here to show how varied and scattered that evidence is, as well as how ineffective current “treatments” are.

CORRELATION OF OBESITY TO THINGS UNRELATED TO BEING AN OVEREATING COUCH POTATO

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