What about depression, mental illness, bulimia nerosa, alcoholism, GAD and even just plain old fashioned stress.george144 said:There fat because there lazy there's no other excuse, if it was genetic then surely you'd have poor children in third world countries who could gain fat easily. but no it always seem to be that the richer someone is the higher chance of them being a fat slob. I'm a bit underweight apparently and while it could be genetic I blame it on forgetting to eat and regular exercise and sports.
Why is it that anorexia is not seen in the same light? that is seen as a genuine illness. That is also a eating disorder, why should over-indulging been seen in any other way to under-indulging. They can both be a result of lifestyle and both come hand in hand with increased health risks.