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Originally Posted by Irving  probably some of it is related to lifestyle choices made by families. if you have a husband and a wife who overeat and eat poor food choices, chances are their lifestyle will influence their children, and their children will be more likely to eat unhealthy. family influece I think in my mind is one of the biggest reasons for families to be obese.
some of it has to be genetics in my mind. some people who eat horrid don't exercise and never put on a pound, and then there are others who eat very healthy and cannot lose weight. it's important for people to understand that genetics may have a role for people and their ability to gain or even lose weight butit should not be used as a excuse not to be healthy. if someone eats poor and they do not exercise i have difficulty sympathizing with someone when they blame their obesity solely on genetics. |
I agree with you on that point as well. You cant blame it all on genetics. The people that have the predispotion to be over weight just have to work harder. Eat healthier and exersize more. I was talking about this with my husband last night after my posts and he said he had a teacher when he was in school that told his class if you want to know what your girl/boy friend were going to look like in 30 yrs just look at their parents.
And even the other day while I was at the doctor my daughter had gone with me and told him how proud of her self she was for losing and keeping off almost 100lbs. Our doctor told her to watch out for when the babies start comeing because of the hormonal changes that take place after that. This Doctor has seen our family for yrs, and family I mean my mother, my sisters,my brother and my children and husband.
My daughter just looked at him and told him that " I just refuse to be as fat as the rest of the family because I have seen what it has done to them health wise" . She is on stuburn kid so I sure hope she can get the job done without the pitfalls. She has learned a lot from how I used to eat to how I eat now and has seen the strugle,she also knows just how hard it is. She is almost 20 right now. So its not like she is 15 or 16 and saying this so I am praying she has a good chance!.