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[quote=Anonymous][quote][quote]Everyone gets fat if they eat too much and don't exercise. There's nothing genetic about that. True, there are outliers who can't gain weight or lose weight despite what they eat but they are the exception, not the rule.

As far as the Brits - yes, any person that eats like a typical American nowadays and refuses to leave the couch will get fat. [/quote]

Not accurate. Everyone's body has a set point and without something seriously disrupting that set point, a body will fight like mad to stay where it is. They've done studies trying to get thin people to gain weight and keep it on. Curiously, it's as difficult to do that as it is to get a fat body to lose weight and keep it off. But enjoy the sanctimony - it feels good, right?

Personally, I enjoy hearing about people who just get full on half a plate. It's like hearing a first hand account of riding a unicorn. [/quote]

I don't think that PPs are arguing that there is no "set point" - just that it is set by each individuals' habits, background, upbringing, etc. not their "genes."  That doesn't mean losing weight is easy, just that weight gain is not inevitable.  From everything I've read, though there is some genetic component to weight, it is minimal.  See e.g. http://healthland.time.com/2013/07/19/news-genes-idd-in-obesity-how-much-of-weight-is-genetic/.  And note that the below quote is from a scientist studying and highlighting the genetic component:

[quote]“Thus far mutations in about eight genes are known to cause obesity in humans. But these mutations account for [quote]under five percent [/quote]of the obesity in our society, and [b]certainly are not, by themselves, responsible for the current obesity epidemic[/b], since the mutation rate in these genes could not have changed dramatically during the past twenty years,” says Dr. Joseph Majzoub, the chief of the division of endocrinology at Boston Children’s Hospital and an author on the Science paper. “However, mutations in these genes have led to the discovery of pathways that are important in energy balance in humans, giving us hope that drugs can be developed that affect these pathways to prevent excessive weight gain, either by curbing appetite or increased burning of calories.”[/quote]
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