Who is right? Who is wrong?

[Peaches]

Originally posted by JR@Dec 10 2003, 08:37 PM
The Twin anlogy is crazy because identical twins would also have identical or at the very least similar behaviors... and thus, similar outcomes.

How so? They eat the same food and exercise the same their entire LIVES? And how do you explain the ones who were adopted as babies and didn't even grow up in the same areas? These are also w/in 10-15 pounds of each other at adulthood. It's probably also why my brother and my father have the exact same bodies now that they're older, even though they haven't lived together since my brother was 8. :P

Seriously, this was one of the things my brother studied in genetics.

I agree that if you DO have a propensity to be overweight, you can exercise and watch what you eat. My mother is 5'0" and weighs 100 pounds. She also excercises at LEAST an hour every day and literally starves herself. She is in terrible shape healthwise but it's worth it to her. OTOH, I also know very thin people who WANT to gain weight, and cannot.