{"id":2101,"date":"2011-05-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/with-obesity-we-have-a-pr-problem-personal-responsibility-that-is.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:09:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:09:48","slug":"with-obesity-we-have-a-pr-problem-personal-responsibility-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2101","title":{"rendered":"With Obesity, We Have A PR Problem (Personal Responsibility, that is)"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>From Reuters: <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

Scientists have found that a gene linked to diabetes and cholesterol is a “master switch” that controls other genes found in fat in the body, and say it should help in the search for treatments for obesity-related diseases.<\/span>

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From Will:<\/b><\/span>
Common sense has discovered that obesity is self-inflicted, and there is a “master switch” that causes 95% of all obesity. This new master switch is a breakthrough in health and is called, behavior<\/b><\/i>. Will says that this crazy new finding should be helpful in reversing obesity, and the parade of metabolic problems that it produces. <\/span>

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The bottom line to our Bottom Lines is this:<\/b> <\/span>
When we eat poorly in quality, and quantity, this eating pattern produces health problems. The solution to the problem is NOT to invent a biological workaround by manipulating your genes. How crazy is that?   <\/span>

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I think this line of research is popular because it feeds the idea that we are not responsible for obesity. It’s not us … really. It’s something other than the food decisions I have made — and your genes represent a perfect scapegoat to let us pass the biological buck. <\/span>

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Caveat<\/b><\/span>
Not all obesity is self-inflicted. One estimate I read pinned the number at about 5% — that is, about 5% of the population can attribute their overweight\/obesity to causes outside their behavior. Not their fault. <\/span>For the rest of us? Big broad middle of that bell curve of people of adiposity? We did it to ourselves by eating FAUX foods, and eating too much. <\/span>

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The solution to a behavioral problem is a behavioral solution.    <\/span>

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Scientists find master switch gene for obesity | Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Will<\/a>\"Will<\/a><\/p>\n

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