A Comment About

Parents of Obese Children Charged with Abuse in Britain

November 22, 2008 - 12:00 am - by Frank Furedi
Jonesy55
2008-11-24 07:00:59

“Obesity is largely genetic.”

No, in 99% of cases, obesity is caused solely by putting in more calories than gets burned off. If some people have slow metabolisms, they just need to eat less.

If obesity was a pre-destined outcome decided by our genetics, why has the incidence shot up in recent years? Have all the people with fat genes been outbreeding the thin kids?