And yet it's a strange coincidence that obesity genes are so common in countries with lots of junk food, less common in ones where there isn't and not common at all where food is scarce. https://twitter.com/Hereditarian98/status/974249011048734720 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
It's counterintuitive, but obesity is about 40-70% genetic. Apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_of_obesity …
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Replying to @christianjbdev
You still need to actually eat too much tho.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
Is it really that these genes are so prevalent in America and have suddenly increased in the last 50 years? How would that happen? Did fat people suddenly become really attractive so they got all the mates? It doesn't make sense not to focus on lifestyle
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I dunno. I need to read up on it. It could be effects on metabolism, or it could be that people with 'obesity genes' are more predisposed to gorge when there's a food surplus. I honestly don't know.
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Replying to @christianjbdev @HPluckrose
So it could be a gene-environment interaction. I dunno. I'm no expert on these things.
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Probably, yes. Also a psychological comfort thing for many people. Doctors keep thinking this could be it for me but it isn't. I don't really think about food much. I just cram whatever is easiest in when hungry - usually toast.
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