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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Healthcare person here just to make the PP who is losing her mind feel better. DM II is predominantly (mean majority of the cases) lifestyle related and the uptick of DM II especially in obese children is especially alarming. 
Take a breath, you are correct.
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And it is also true that two people can eat the same diet and have vastly different results.  You are perpetuating the myth that fat people have worse lifestyles than thin people.  I do not think that is necessarily true.  At all.[/quote]

More activity plus building of muscle mass plus reduction of calories plus portion control will cause a person to lose weight. Yes two people with two different metabolisms can eat the same diet and have different results. If a fat person exercises and watches their carbohydrate/sugar intake and practices portion control, they will lose weight. Also your argument has a couple of flaws. Many obese people got that way because they have an addiction to food/sugar and it is a vicious cycle of lowering metabolism and less and less activity as they gain. A thin person can definitely have an unhealthy lifestyle, no one has said that, but you are using that as an excuse for obesity.

Some people can drink alcohol and take it or leave it, some have a higher tolerance. Some people can have a sip and will then spiral and go on a bender. Two people drinking alcohol, two outcomes. We wouldn't say an alcoholic is healthy just because someone else is a social drinker.[/quote]

I have been fighting this fight for a while now.  I know all too well about diet/exercise/counting carbs/not eating white foods....blah, blah, blah.  Over the years my body is becoming less efficient even with these attempts.  If I cut out "enough" food I will end up without enough nutrients....I exercise more regularly than most of the thin people I know.  So no guilt.  I actually feel pretty good even with the excess weight.  I don't care if you don't get it, I know that there are lots of folks out there that do.[/quote]

Are you "overweight" or obese? Because we are talking about obesity. If you are obese and you have not lost weight you should see a doctor and nutritionist. Otherwise, I call bullshit for the sake of arguemenyt.[/quote]

Yes.  I cross back and forth between overweight and obese A LOT.  When I am a dietary/exercise saint I am overweight. When I slip up and eat like everyone else I wind up obese.  [/quote]

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