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Originally posted by bafromkc
I agree that obesity is related to genetics and maybe what I was trying to say came out the wrong way. What I was complaining about was obese people who blame all their problems on the food they eat. there seem to be some people who take no responcibility for their actions and find other avenues to place blame on. people who suffer from obesity as a result of genetics don't have any control over their metabolism but they do have control over what they put in their mouth.
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Some of what you are saying is correct--like me, I have the wherewithall to not put that huge scoop of Mississippi Mud Pie in
my mouth...
And at the same time, you have these "Prader Willi's" that have absolutely no control of knowing what they are putting into their mouths... They'd eat themselves if they could...
Just like those folks with anorexia who avoid eating food altogether, wouldn't you think the opposite could be true? That at some level, there is some brain nutrient that is unregulated that a morbid obese person would be incapable of controlling?
If you think that is not true, then why is that when a morbid obese person has surgery or other means to lose a number of pounds, just gains it right back?
In my eyes, I see it as a strong genetic component... Or there is some huge environmental impact that all the scientists are unable to explain serving a role and influencing biology...
How come there is more obesity now, than hell, 20 years ago?
Is there a logical, explanation?
That is why there is research--investigating why this phenomena is occuring...
It was 50 years ago when Jonas Salk suggested a vaccine for polio when the current thought was Polio is uncurable...
It was at least 25 years ago when the medical field KNEW that general ulcers are some genetic mutation and gave out several Nobel Prizes on the subject until some researcher suggest it was caused by a Heliobacter pylori (a gut bacteria) and one just needed antibiotics to treat the infection... PM me if you want to know how this dude had to prove it...