Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Diet Myths, Facts and Tips #3

Diet Myth
"People inherit being overweight"

Diet Facts
Scientists have been working hard to identify genes that have the potential to make us fat. And it does seem there may be a genetic link – but only in a small number of people.

As a result, most experts agree that while genes may have a part to play, they still don’t explain the recent rapid increase in obesity that’s been seen in the Western world. They believe that while we might inherit ‘fat’ genes from our parents, we also inherit their bad habits such as a poor diet and lack of exercise – and it’s these poor lifestyle habits that have a more important part to play in weight gain.

Diet Tips
Making lifestyle changes such as exercising more and eating a healthy diet will help everyone in the family shift those pounds – so get everyone involved rather than going it alone.

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