Fat Gene?

[Penelicious]

Watching THE VIEW right now and there's a doctor on that is arguing that people might be biologically programmed to be either fat or skinny. Those who are overweight might have a gene that MAKES THEM put on weight and that is why they stumble across difficulty when trying to lose it.

What do you think?

[joeyjoey]

I agree that genetics play a big role in weight and in some more than others. If you think about it, the thalamus (or hypothalamus) in the brain regulate hunger. Damage to this area can cause one to either completely lose appetite or not be able to satiate appetite. Having an actual part of the brain that regulates hunger shows us that weight cannot always be regulated incase of disorder or abnormality. The thing is that for years people have been fighting the nature vs nurture and genes vs. environment battles and there will never be a true winner. Both play a role no matter what so there's always at least something that can be done about weight.

The main thing that cannot be changed is body structure. If someone has an endomorphic body frame, they will be big no matter what (not fat though necessarily).

Regardless if your fat, If you really want to lose the weight you can. People just get too depressed and use that as an excuse to why htey are the size of a house.

[joeyjoey]

Some people have disorders in which they truly cannot lose weight. There are people out there getting fatter by the second who don't eat as much as you or I. This is either because of brain defect or a seriously fucked up metabolism. Besides these rare cases, I agree that anyone should be able to lose weight or inches with enough will power, regardless of genetics.

Im sure I agree that some people just cant do it because of Thyroid or some gene but everytime I see these enormous people, the meals they have are enough to feed an army. My sister has a friend that she goes to the gym with and shes rather large. Everytime shes comes home from the gym, she got like 2 Burgers from the diner and Im like What are you going to the GYM for? Some people just cant let go of food.

[James Maxx]

Word nothing like eating a Double Quarter Pounder with cheese, Super sized fries and washing it all down with a MetRx. http://smilies.crowd9.com/otn/happy/flash.gif