What If Obesity Is Nobody's Fault [View all]

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"The understanding of obesity’s origins is far from complete. The Mrap2 gene has only been linked to human obesity in rare cases, and obesity may very well result from a mix of genetic and other factors, ranging from overeating, to stress levels, to gut microbes. Yet, the Harvard mouse study suggests that society should withhold their judgments against overweight people. “Many of us unfortunately have had an attitude towards obese people [in that we see them as] having a lack of willpower or self control,” he says. “It’s clearly something beyond that.”

http://nautil.us/issue/7/waste/what-if-obesity-is-nobodys-fault

For what it's worth. Just thought it was interesting and shows that there is so much yet to be discovered on obesity...