Obesity 'master-switch' in genes may be turned off: study

Absolute psuedoscience. Two words - CALORIFIC DEFICIT. No excuses.

Absolute psuedoscience. Two words - CALORIFIC DEFICIT. No excuses.

Oh, ok. I was prepared to believe those that have done genetic testing, using scientific tools and theories, following the scientific method. But now I've got a poster on JT who is telling the truth, and obviously I'd be smarter to believe his theory than the scientific method.

Up front, the little piggy in me finds the idea of an instant 'cure' for being overweight, that would allow me to eat as much as I wanted without gaining weight and without feeling guilty (coz, y'know, it's a genetic disorder, noffin I can do about it), very tempting.

But I look around and it seems to me that the overwhelming majority of these poor folk suffering from this genetic disorder live in rich countries, where there is plenty of food for people to indulge themselves, though not always plenty of healthy food. (eg., 8 of the top 10 fat countries are Pacific island nations, where the land produces little in the way of fresh veggies, and Spam is a dietary staple). The top 10 also includes Kuwait (rich) and the US (rich), booth heavy meat consumers. http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/obesity.html

So, while my internal Miss Piggy wants to sit with Strangerland and the we-can-cure-your-obesity-painlessly-and-without-effort-on-your-part scientists, and I do believe that some folk possibly are genetically programmed to hang onto more calories than others (that's how the human race survived past famines, y'know) my internal BSometer tells me that sighclops is closer to the truth.

On the one hand, we have scientists telling us that they can 'cure' obesity, while on the other we have equally serious scientists telling us that we need to develop GMOs to save the world from starvation, and businessmen telling us we need to tear up the rain forests to grow crops to feed animals destined for the table. I think the scientists' time and energy (and research grants) would be better spent working out ways to make sure everyone has access to a sufficient amount of healthy food. And educating those of us who enjoy maybe a bit more of our food than is good for us.

Sighclops- don't classify something you don't understand as pseudoscience!