role of genetics in obesity: Newsweek article

astridfeline

http://www.newsweek.com/id/215115

"Although our high-calorie, sedentary lifestyle contributes to the approximately 10-pound average weight gain of Americans compared to the recent past, some people are more severely affected by this lifestyle than others. That's because they have inherited genes that increase their predisposition for accumulating body fat. Our modern lifestyle is thus a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for the high prevalence of obesity in our population."

This seems to me like an argument to change the American lifestyle, not to be complacent about obesity. And other parts of the article saying that voluntary control of food intake has little impact on weight loss (or gain), indicate that small calorie deficit is the best course to take. This article makes me mad. :explode: :mad: