What do genetics have to do with being obese?
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Metabolism.  People who are more prone to obesity have ancestors that needed slow metabolisms.  Also, some genetic flaws "turn off" the chemical signal to the brain that the stomach is full.  But mostly, it's environment and cultural heritage.
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Umm race is a part of genetics.  Food intake, and activity level also play a part.
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No.  Other than a small percentage of people with actual medical or metabolic conditions obese people can reduce their weight.  My dad had a metabolic problem and lose his weight through the only 2 methods proven to work...reduction in caloric intake and an increase in caloric release (eat less and exercise more).\n\nAbout 15 months ago I went from 175lbs to 225lbs (I am 6 feet tall).  Fourteen months ago\nI started 2 exercise 6 days a week and ate 1 solid meal per day. I took a single multi vitamin and drank at least 8 glasses of water every day (I was working in Iraq at the time and needed the water anyway).  In 7 weeks I lost 50 lbs and got in excellent physical shape.  It has been 1 year and I weigh 178lbs.  It can be done.\n\nI recently read where about 68% of men and 49% of women in the US are over weight or obese.  As a country...we eat too much and are just plain lazy.
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well if u sleep for at least half of the day you could have a sleeping disorder and sleeping alot can cause a person 2 b overweight because many people sleep and then get up and eat and go back 2 bed.......there is limited physical exercise that results in obesity
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No, but its one thing to be pleasantly plump and be morbidly obese. "Here honey, eat another 2 pints of Ben and Jerry's, because of love"(??)
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I don't believe that genetics are the cause for "most" of the obesity problem.  Here's more information.  http://www.annecollins.com/lose_weight/weight-genetics.htm\n\nAnyway, both conditions are bad for your health.  I would say that anorexia is worse.  People can recover from obesity, although very difficult.  I have never seen a person who had anorexia not look like they are still on the verge of anorexia.  Once a stick, always a stick.
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Depends on your genetics.
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Genetics. But not all black women have big butts.
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Type I diabetes is caused by genetic susceptibility alone. No one who has the type got it through being lazy or having a bad diet. There was no way to prevent it.\n\nType II is a lifestyle disease caused by susceptible people not taking care of themselves, eating a high carb/sugar diet and not exercising properly. The susceptibility is inheritable; however, the lifestyle choices belong exclusively to the individual.\n\nThe short answer is that, yes, diabetics can be a genetic disorder.
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You do have a body shape determined at birth, which tends towards one of endomorph (pear), ectomorph (pencil) or mesomorph (triangle). \n\nThe number of muscles fibers is also fixed, that is adults when they workout are only increasing the size of the fibres, not the number.\n\nHowever, you lifestyle plays a huge part in the way you look.  Regardless of your genetics everyone has the potential to be fat, and everyone can have big muscles.
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I have wondered that myself because for me it is genetically impossible to gain weight. Trust me over summer one year I did absolutely no excersize as kindof an experiment and I ate so much junk food since I cant cook. I didnt gain a single pound. Im 5'10 and 135, thank goodness im skinny because I would be so fat right now if it werent for genes.
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Everyone gottem!! Most people have them covered in fat layers. If you don't train them they will stay hidden.  Genetics will only dictate how hard you have to work vs. another person as well as how high your metabolism is which all can be affected by what you do.
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Definitely the genes. Lucky them.\n\nAnd they can even be 50 lbs overweight and carry it well. Genes I tell you, unfair ones!
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A genetic disorder is a disease that is caused by an abnormality in an individual’s DNA. Abnormalities can range from a small mutation in a single gene to the addition or subtraction of an entire chromosome or set of chromosomes.\n\nI found that it is not called a metabolic disorder but a metabolic syndrome.\nThe metabolic syndrome is characterized by a group of metabolic risk factors in one person. They include:\n\nAbdominal obesity (excessive fat tissue in and around the abdomen) \nAtherogenic dyslipidemia (blood fat disorders — high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol and high LDL cholesterol — that foster plaque buildups in artery walls) \nElevated blood pressure \nInsulin resistance or glucose intolerance (the body can’t properly use insulin or blood sugar) \nProthrombotic state (e.g., high fibrinogen or plasminogen activator inhibitor–1 in the blood) \nProinflammatory state (e.g., elevated C-reactive protein in the blood) \nPeople with the metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of coronary heart disease and other diseases related to plaque buildups in artery walls (e.g., stroke and peripheral vascular disease) and type 2 diabetes. The metabolic syndrome has become increasingly common in the United States. It’s estimated that over 50 million Americans have it.\n\nThe dominant underlying risk factors for this syndrome appear to be abdominal obesity and insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is a generalized metabolic disorder, in which the body can’t use insulin efficiently. This is why the metabolic syndrome is also called the insulin resistance syndrome.\n\nOther conditions associated with the syndrome include physical inactivity, aging, hormonal imbalance and genetic predisposition.\n\nSome people are genetically predisposed to insulin resistance. Acquired factors, such as excess body fat and physical inactivity, can elicit insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome in these people. Most people with insulin resistance have abdominal obesity. The biologic mechanisms at the molecular level between insulin resistance and metabolic risk factors aren’t fully understood and appear to be complex.\n\nHow is the metabolic syndrome diagnosed?\nThere are no well-accepted criteria for diagnosing the metabolic syndrome. The criteria proposed by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III), with minor modifications, are currently recommended and widely used.\n\nThe American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommend that the metabolic syndrome be identified as the presence of three or more of these components:\n\nElevated waist circumference:\nMen — Equal to or greater than 40 inches (102 cm)\nWomen — Equal to or greater than 35 inches (88 cm) \nElevated triglycerides:\nEqual to or greater than 150 mg/dL\nReduced HDL (“good”) cholesterol:\nMen — Less than 40 mg/dL\nWomen — Less than 50 mg/dL \nElevated blood pressure:\nEqual to or greater than 130/85 mm Hg \nElevated fasting glucose:\nEqual to or greater than 100 mg/dL \nAHA Recommendation for Managing the Metabolic Syndrome:\nThe primary goal of clinical management of the metabolic syndrome is to reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Then, the first-line therapy is to reduce the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease: stop smoking and reduce LDL cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose levels to the recommended levels.\n\nFor managing both long- and short-term risk, lifestyle therapies are the first-line interventions to reduce the metabolic risk factors. These lifestyle interventions include:\n\nWeight loss to achieve a desirable weight (BMI less than 25 kg/m2) \nIncreased physical activity, with a goal of at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity on most days of the week  \nHealthy feating habits that include reduced intake of saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol \nRelated AHA Scientific Statements:\nBlood Pressure\nCholesterol\nD
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People have different frame sizes and would look absurd being a size 0 or 2...My weight has fluctuated all my life ...my lowest weight was like 145 and people told me I looked sick..as in way too skinny. Yes there are diseases and genetics also factor into metabolism and stress can for some people pack on the pounds. I had a recent weight loss and I was doing real good getting it off I had lost 60+ pounds in a course of 5 or 6 months but about 1 year later starting right after my mom died, I started gaining weight and no matter how much I tried to stick to the plan (diabetic food exchange) I still gained weight back I have gained about 40 pounds and in a course of 4 months and my eating has not changed that much to explain the gain, they say that stress make blood sugar go crazy (now I believe it). I am choosing the more excellent way in not mouthing off my opinion of your opinion, because after all you are entitled, just hopefully people don't use the same magnifying glass you use when you look at others when they look at you.
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Yes, one of the factor of being obese is genetically inherited from your family blood line,it might be from your father or mother side!But there lots of obese people who succeded from being overweight turned into slim and average body weight!yes my my dear you can lose your weight by diet and eat healthy foods, avoid fastfoods,such as Mcdonalds and Pizza.Fresh fruits and vegetables with a plenty of water will do better,lean meat of beef and chicken(avoid skin and fats),sweets and softdrinks should be avoided too!Crave once aweek eat what you want but not in the evening,but better not at all,go to the gym and get some exercise program!If you would not descipline yourself,bariatric surgery(search it on the internet) might be the best alternative!Discovery health is the best show with credible experiment and research,they spent money and time to prove that it is really the fact that what they found had bases!
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genetic predisposition