Scientists find how 'obesity gene' makes people fat

[JDPriestly]

8. 1 out of 6 they think have the obesity gene.

Some in my family just gain a lot of weight. Some stay thin no matter what.

But in the U.S. a lot of people eat the wrong food and are overweight for that reason. I nibble a lot, so i try to nibble on vegetables and fruit, not on starchy or fatty things.

Just now, I ate a bunch of radishes.

Eating fruits and vegetables is good for your skin and other health as well as for your weight. One other reason for obesity is people's social lives.

I notice that those in my family who are most active in their churches are obese. I think it is because they eat in a social situation.

But some people have a genetic propensity for obesity and some have it for thinness.

I have a friend who has been very thin all her life. She has to eat things like peanut butter, etc. to keep her weight up. She is not that active. I would not dare eat peanut butter, but I don't have a really bad weight problem. There are genetic differences, differences in metabolisms.

So, you are right. But a lot of obesity in the U.S. is due to poor diet.