Is being overweight genetic?

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I am 22 years old 5’1 and 208 pounds.All my life I have been overweight even in elementary I was overweight. I do lose some weight and gain it right back and than some in like 4-5 months.I don’t eat a whole bunch.All my aunts are all obese like 300 pounds and up.I try my whole life to be a normal weight but never had.My aunts had the same issue as well.They have never been normal weight either. since they were teens.Lowest I gotten was down to 165 and that was last year.Highest weight I was 235 back 4 years ago.Im just very discourage and thinking about gastric sleeve just to try to keep my weight down plus I have Hashimoto disease which doesn’t help.what to do?

Amanda · Answer

Yes you dumb cow. Lose some weight and stop being a mean nasty b itch

? · Answer

...can be genetically but the diet takes a huge part.

y · Answer

There are medical conditions and medicines that can lead to weight gain. Some believe that there is a genetic factor to it but that is difficult to actually prove. More then likely it is lifestyle, the family cycles, the foods that family have traditionally eaten and such, the activities that family does on a regular basis and such. We are biologically programed to seek high calorie foods and store them, as fat, to get through the times it is harder to find food. Only issues is, we no longer have those harder lean times. We go down the street to the store. Diets and diet foods do not work, if they did, it would not be the billion dollar industry it is. Life style changes are what are needed. When you find yourself not moving, get up and move, even if it is cleaning or takeing a walk. We are built to move, to be walking around for most of the day but our lifestyles have us sitting around all day.

Petter · Answer

It can be genetic if it's runned by medical problems. How many hours a week do you sweat it out, get a real good pulse going?

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Is being overweight genetic?

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