Obesity and Genetics

[jeff_duntemann]

Yesterday I ran across a nice article in the New York Times, which is an excerpt from Gina Kolata's new book, Rethinking Thin. I'd heard the odd reference to fifty-year-old research from Jules Hirsch, a physician at Rockefeller University, that strongly correlated (70 percent-strong!)

Comments

[rmeidaking]

The core problem with obesity is that people aren't paying attention to their own bodies; they're accepting what The Experts say

Metabolic syndrome.

[anonymous]

It's all about metabolism, the engineer
(evolution) did not design human body for office work and Big Macs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome

--Aki

Sleep and weight

[bwittig]

Interesting data point is the correlation between more weight and sleep apnea. That can create a feedback loop between less sleep and more weight.

Also, I believe that our habit of eating out more and eating more prepared foods also contributes to weight gain.