we pass on our ways of eating and this is what we inherit. we learn that fat tastes good so we eat more then we begin to sit more and not exercise.

I am a 193 lb/5'6 woman and I have lost almost 80 pounds. I am sure people have a genetic predispostion to being overweight but in my opinion it comes down to bad lifestyle/eating habits passed down from grandmother to to daughter and then to their daughter. If I am eating mashed potatoes and mac & cheese for every other meal, I am probably fixing that for my family, which isn't good. I come from a family of Gourmet cooks, we love food but ALL of the women in my family workout to stay in shape.

No, bad eating is inherited.

Watch secret eaters. Ppl think they don't eat much but they do.

Not inherited. Trust me. What we eat, exercise or lack thereof, all of things matter. One can have thin parents but end up obese due to dietary choices.

Corn syrup big part of problem

30 years ago people were not this obese. However we still blame genetics. Keep eating cheeseburgers because there's nothing you can do.

If it's inherited I should be fat like my granny at my age at 38 . I'm not through healthy habits.

I find it interesting that the voices of the experts and researchers in this clip are American and British, the top 2 nations leading the obesity epidemic in the world. There seems to be a desire to inflate the contribution genetics has to play rather than admit certain realities.

I was always a normal weight or underweight (I'm 5' 3" and weighed 102 lbs until I had my son. I got down to 98 lbs a year after he was born. I got up to 123 lbs, when he was 7, but after walking everywhere--such as to work--I got down to 110 lbs.) I was very unwell with Bipoar Disorder and my doctor prescribed Lithium, which didn't work. I shot up 50 lbs within a year. I've struggled with my weight ever since. So, it's not always a lack of willpower or discipline when people gain weight.

I saw To fat little girls at the store the other day and the mom just let them pick the food and put it in the cart....like wtf??? Of course they will only put junk food. Some parents should be ashamed of their parenting skills.

my mom is 120 lbs my dad is 150 lbs both siblings are under 130 and are in there 20s but my fat ass was always chunky

@NightinGal89 Its not our genes fault to become obese but it does control how much fat we carry arround. I remember when I was younger I used to be very fat because of my lifestyle and over consumption of unhealthy food, but when I started eating healthy and being active I gained alot of muscle and lost considerable ammount of fat . So although my genetics allowed me to gain alot of fat changing my lifestyle helped me be healthy and drop my body fat to around 9-10%.

The discrimination is always wrong, it doesn't matter the size but the problem is that the 90% of the food is shit and we don't really know what we eat... te exercise is always a good way to stay fit and to burn calories.

My mom and dad were not overweight until they were in their 30s and that was due to bad food choices.

I am quite certain that my own fatness was of genetic origin, although my siblings were spared. I am 5’10” tall and my peak weight was 270 pounds. I’ve been around 150 pounds for more than six years. But get this: my daily intake is only 600 to 800 calories.

It's both genes and eating habits.

im 325lbs

Genetics ARE a factor people. No their not the whole of the problem, but they do contribute to it.

50 years ago we didn't have an obesity epidemic. 50 years ago sugar wasn't in most of the foods we eat. Avoid sugar. It's hard but you have to cook your own food. Also, red meat is good for you. It doesn't cause heart disease. Sugar does.

I think it is ridiculous when people think obesity being related to genes is bullshit: genes have always been a factor, as is made evident by the rare sightings of fat/obese people even more than 50 years ago. But why, if the genes existed, wasn't the average person back then even almost as as fat as the average person today is? The answer lies in the environment: greater accessibility to junk food, and an incredible spike in sedentary jobs and hobbies (i.e. video games and the vast array of television networks that exist today versus yesterday [it is a crime these 2 hobbies can be 100x as engaging for millions of people as playing sports, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, riding your bike, walking, running, chatting with your friends outside or on the phone or on the internet, and traveling]).

Can anti depressants cause weight gain 😤 😔

Ridiculous comparing weight and height. There is undeniable proof that a calorie deficit diet will result in weight loss. As far as we know, there is no diet for altering height.

Well the problem is that they put the "overweight factor" in a big pool. They don't make differentiation with being overweight 20 pounds or 100 pounds! I'm pretty sure that there's much genetic factor with the 100 pounds overweight, it's more about bad eating habits

This is shocking and sad, obesity is on the rise ...

If you over stuff yourself once, your tummy will stretch and require more food next time & grow & require more, next time, just like that ! we have to be able to say no to it ! & move around, 🚲

Fat burner I need a prescription for it I'm fat and bitter sweet hopeless

We inherit bad eating habits.

no because my father was thin build and my mother was a bit portly and my grampa was long and slender. you are what you eat. if you eat fat, your body turns to fat.

This was interesting until he started talking about evolution. I mean come on, evolution is the reason we are gaining weight? I disagree whole heartedly. How about in previous generations they had to walk all freaking day to get water and spent most of the time walking, running to get food? And how today we don't have to work for any of the food or water that we need, nor do we need to spend most of our days traveling from place to place to survive. Blaming evolution, or citing it as a reason, is irresponsible unless we look at how previous generations even survived!

Glad to see the comments section is not having any nonsense. If we’re fatter, it’s ‘cause we’re eating a load of shite and sitting on our arses, not because of ‘genetics’! We need to be honest and deal with the facts. The minority of people who may have genetic predispositions do not account for 60% of us being overweight FCOL!

To say something is massively polygenic is not saying anything useful at all.

genetics plays a part but its not everything at all

I am 11and weight 55

Naaaah, they are eating a bunch of twinkies, big gulps and donuts and ice cream for dinner