Being Overweight Or Obese Is More Choice Than Genetic

Genetics, socioeconomic factors and learned behaviors all play a role in today’s overweight and obesity generating environment.  Individuals can make the changes when it is learned behavior.  When it is learned behavior a conscious choice can take a person back to a healthy weight.

   

Poor decisions about food and exercise or lack of exercise are much more responsible for this situation than genetics.  It is known that genetics plays a part in about 35% of human make up while the remaining 65% is what each individual chooses to do or not do.  Research says that an adult makes at least 200 food choices every day including specific foods and portion size.  Coupled with exercise, it becomes more apparent that we have control over how we look, feel and perform.

 

We are aware that overweight increases the likelihood that you will suffer from overall poor health and eventually become sick.  Plain and simple, as your weight rises, so do your risks for health issues.  The weight issue of individuals really boils down to simple daily choices.  Small errors of judgment in what you eat, in how much you move or don’t move, and other habits that seem insignificant but sneak up on you when one day you are sick.  Choose to be health as a lifetime goal.  Make choices of healthy food and portions along with a consistent amount of exercise daily.

John Wade