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[quote=Anonymous]I am just curious, DD, teen, told me that heavy kids use this as an excuse, that this is genetic, ie. their parents are heavy, so they are genetically heavy? Is this true? And the opposite is also true? (yes, DD is seeing a therapist to prevent future food issues) For us, it is kind of true but not fully true, DH is really skinny and DS has a hard time putting on weight at all, almost 6' and barely 130lbs and 18. DD is normal as am I, not really skinny, muscular though, I used to be skinny but am now just regular in mid 40s. My mom, however, is very heavy, dad not so much. Apart from my mom most of my family is/was skinny. My BIL( my sister's DH) is very heavy, his parents are very heavy. But, DH has a very heavy dad and yet , DH is rail thin. Other SIL and BIL are pretty heavy, and their kids are one obese, the other approaching obese. But, other BIL is normal, SIL heavy and kids are normal to thin. The reason I bring ILS more is that my sister doesn't have kids. I am prone to think it is not genetic due to these inconsistencies. WDYT? Genetic or lifestyle?
I am not trying to judge, I love food more than anything and think that I have been lucky to be able until now(yes, not anymore at my age) to eat almost anything and not be extremely heavy, so I can see an argument for nature in my own case. I am at the point where I would rather be somewhat heavy and enjoy food, rather than be miserable with little to no food to be skinny.[/quote]

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