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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So now the malice crowd has resorted to claiming that their shaming prevents obesity. 3/4 of Americans are overweight, and 40% are obese.

Seems unbelievable to me. Although perhaps the shame keeps me from reaching the obese category. I always diet when I creep up and return to a lower number (overweight category). Or maybe it’s genetics because my mother does the same thing. We both lose weight easily when we track, just not enough and we can’t maintain. [/quote]

That's not genetic. You don't have a genetic disease, you have learned behaviors that you picked up directly from your mother and you copy her disordered eating. That is your normal. As it is for many, many people. [/quote]

Obesity is, in fact, a genetic disease, what are you talking about? [/quote]

According to this article, it is only a "disorder" in less than 5% of the population

https://www.cdc.gov/genomics/resources/diseases/obesity/obesedit.htm

So no, obesity is not in fact a genetic disease.[/quote]

This was posted earlier and largely ignored, but I think worth revising.  There are inherited genetic mutations that pre-dispose individuals to obesity; mostly having to do with regulation of food intake.  However, these genetic mutations do not mean you will be become obese and the risk for developing obesity [b]can be overcome with diet and lifestyle 
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https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-causes/genes-and-obesity/[/quote]

The bolded is a circular conclusion that only serves to point out that people who are not obese do not maintain an obese weight through diet and exercise. It doesn't prove that anyone with the gene can avoid obesity because some people with the gene avoid obesity. The same is true for many other genetic markers--for example, not everyone with BCRA markers will get breast cancer. [/quote]

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