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I don't know. I've known a lot of people who could, as the above poster states, eat day and night and not gain a thing. Literally have trouble maintaining weight. Why is that so easily accepted as a genetic or medical reason? While extra weight is almost always seen as "their fault?" My Ex brother-in-law saw several doctors due to his inability to gain weight. I'll bet he's 5'11" and under #140. Doc had him eating 3 times a day and drinking some high calorie shake thing 2 times a day. Last I saw he never gained a ounce. I worked with a guy who ate crap all night long (swing shift.) I asked him one night if he only ate at work, thought maybe he did that because meals were free at work. It was jail type food, but free. He said no, why? Turns out he'd had the lunch buffet at Pizza Hut that afternoon. If he ate there like he ate at work I'd be surprised if he didn't put them out of business. I've also known people who were over weight and didn't seem to eat jack shit, never loose a pound.
I do know overweight people are treated differently then slim people. Society, for whatever reason, responds much more positively to what's considered attractive then what's not. I've seen studies where people with just a less attractive face are treated less fairly then those with an attractive one. People will assign negative thoughts to less attractive people. Shit like the guy with the oddly shaped nose is more likely to steal. WTF?
I've always been pretty active and my body responds well to exercise and eating well. But after an injury a few years back I ended up on my back for what amounted to nearly two years. I packed on a lot of weight. When I first got out and started doing stuff again I noticed right away a difference in the way people responded to me. Same people, completely different reaction. I remember going to buy gas and stopping at a place where I'd regularly bought gas. Same lady at the cashier stand. Used to laugh and trade jokes with her. She didn't even make eye contact with me. And it wasn't just women, same type reaction from guys too. Luckily for me when I hit the gym it comes off. I'll probably never be where I was when I got hurt but people make eye contact with me now. But I know my body and I know how it reacts with different fuels and activity levels. I have no idea how someone else' system works. I think it's bull shit to assign how your body and system works to others.
Are all fat people over eaters and lazy? I don't think so. But I also don't think everyone I see that's thin as a rail is a heroin addict or too poor to buy food.
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