Letter from Jess Meyers

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.

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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:06:07 +0000, Del Rawlins wrote:

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

I don't know how old you are, I'm pretty young at 38. While in my younger
days I could also eat as much of any type of food out there without so
much as a single pound added. That's also what caused me to gain weight
in my early 30's. You see, I stopped playing Basketball, volleyball,
Baseball, and hiking due to knee troubles. Once I reduced those
activities I gained weight rather quickly.

It all depends on what you do during the day. I bet if you did what I do
now you would also gain weight. I also don't fidget or anything when I'm
idle, I'm steady as a rock and so I have no extra calorie burn either.

In . net Matthew P.
Cummings wrote:

It all depends on what you do during the day. I bet if you did what I
do now you would also gain weight. I also don't fidget or anything
when I'm idle, I'm steady as a rock and so I have no extra calorie
burn either.

That probably has a lot to do with it. I'm about as jumpy as a cat and
don't like to sit still for very long. I'm not too keen on exercise for
its own sake but have been known to push my canoe several miles upstream
with a stick from time to time.

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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