Del Rawlins wrote:

In John wrote:

Matthew P. Cummings wrote:


What's obvious is that obese people feed their kids too much food as
well. I can look to my own family for that info. At my Father in
Law's he's always pushing more food towards you, much in excess of

Like I have always said:
Obesity IS Genetic! You LEARN your eating habits from your parents!
John (Eating Every Thing On My Plate!) P.


If obesity is all learned behavior, I want to know why my brother and I
can eat pretty much whatever we want without gaining weight? Our dad
was the same way until he got into his 50s, and even then didn't have to
cut back much on food. My eating habits are atrocious and may
eventually kill me but it probably won't be because I am overweight.

I don't think they said obesity is a learned behaviour. Obesity is a
state or condition, not a behaviour. Eating improperly is the learned
behaviour.

I could eat all I wanted and LOSE weight ... when I was 18 years old and
worked as a logger. The fact that I burned between 6,000 and 8,000
calories during an average work day probably had a little to do with it.
When I graduated from college and started a desk job, I cut my eating
in half, but was gaining a pound a month or more. Turns out half was
still a lot more than I needed when driving a desk.

I don't know what you and your brother do for a living or for sports or
hobbies, but I seriously doubt you are sitting around all day if you are
really eating a lot.


Matt