(August 30, 2014 at 12:53 pm)Drich Wrote: http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/15.../R124.full
First link is about health risks and literally says some people are more predisposed to obesity. I'm not sure what you think you are refuting here since I never said that genes didn't play a role in obesity. My position is that everyone can lose weight.
(August 30, 2014 at 12:53 pm)Drich Wrote: http://www.cdc.gov/features/obesity
And again, obesity has links to genes. I really don't know what point your trying to make.
(August 30, 2014 at 12:53 pm)Drich Wrote: http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20101011/...-belly-fat
Quote:The more obesity genes a person had, the greater their risk of being obese, the study showed. Individuals who carried 38 or more BMI-associated genes weighed 15 to 20 pounds more, on average, than those who had fewer than 22, the researchers report. Still, these variants explain only a small fraction of the overall variation in body weight because many other genetic and environmental factors also contribute to obesity risk.
Obesity is related to genes but is caused by environmental factors e.g. eating too much and not exercising enough. Homosexuality is definitely caused by your genes and depression is predominantly caused by your genes, just look at Robin Williams. He had it all, fame, fortune, family, the adoration of entire countries and yet he killed himself. I don't think you actually read the links you posted.
(August 30, 2014 at 12:53 pm)Drich Wrote: Looks like your just flat out ignorant, at least where obesity is concerned. I can provide a half a dozen more equally legitmate links that support my position, and craps on yours if you like, but I'm sure google would do the same for you, if you would have simply researched the topic before you misrepresented yourself and what the medical community think.
Just for clarity here, can you repeat what exactly your position is and what you think my'n is.
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'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
