Is Fullness Hereditary?

Grandma was a bit chubby, and so was mom, and older sister...does that mean you can't get slim for nothing, either? Well, of course not!

Grandma was a bit chubby, and so was mom, and older sister...does that mean you can't get slim for nothing, either? Well, of course not!

There are no obesity genes?

There are as many as 200 pieces. Only these are not obesity genes, but genes that are associated with obesity." That is, they can become one of the causes of excess weight. And they may not happen - it all depends on you. Studies show that a healthy diet and physical activity equally help carriers of these genes, as well as everyone else.

The impact of heredity on health is often overestimated: according to the WHO, its condition is 50% dependent on lifestyle and only 30% on genetics. The remaining percentages go to environmental and medical care.

Don't children "inherit" their parents' excess weight?

 

So, if one of the parents is overweight, the probability of obesity in the child is about 50%. If both have it, the "chance" of obesity can reach 80%. Only genes are not to blame for this. The dependence of the offspring's weight on the weight of the father and mother can be traced even in adopted children.

The fact is that the child's nutrition depends entirely on the parents. Food habits are established in the family for life.

For example: mother constantly scolds her son for being slow and forces him to eat dinner as quickly as possible. Because of this, the boy overeats all the time - because the brain does not have time to receive the signal that the stomach is already full.

Or the classic: "If you eat little, you won't grow." Well, eat the soup faster! How can you not want it? You have to eat soup, otherwise your stomach will hurt!" And the poor child gets used to eating, even when he doesn't want to.

This is how it turns out that all "hereditary fullness" is a matter of wrong habits. Get rid of them - get rid of excess weight.

But my friend eats everything in a row and does not get fat. And I recover from every candy!

 

Inherited slow metabolism is not a death sentence. When scientists examined obese people, bad genes were found in 62-63% of patients. And the surplus of calories in the diet is 97%! It turns out, in any case, a person becomes thinner when he overeats. And it doesn't matter what's in her genome.

If you expend more energy than you consume, fat will be burned - no genes can prevent this process. It's just that for this you will have to move more and eat less than your happy friend.