Dieting results in long term changes to hormones and muscle fibers.

[mythology]

204. Just to confirm,

rational as used here is defined as agreeing with you right?

The analogy is poor. For the overwhelming majority of people, especially in the US, we have gained weight because as a society we've begun eating larger and larger portions of unhealthier foods. It took a long time for us as a society to get to the point where 1/3 of adult Americans are considered obese. It took years of us eating HFCS, more sugar, more meat, fewer vegetables, working out less, sitting more, snacking on chips instead of apples, etc. It will take years to fix. But each year it's costing us more and more to sustain ourselves. In 2008, obesity health related costs were 147 Billion. While I can't find the numbers of the top of my head, I'm willing to wager that the health related cost of being gay isn't 147 Billion dollars.