Recently, a study conducted at the Boston University Medical School concluded that a very small genetic change in DNA area is the leading cause of obese propensity. The incriminated gene, its name is INSIG2, plays a strategic role in fat production and makes somebody more prone to be obese by simply changing its normal G-status into C-status (the DNA code is made up of four letters)

The conclusion is blaming people for their obesity is a bit like blaming people for being bold or short.

I personally think the research team finding is real, but I also see a hidden danger in this approach. The danger is to accept unconditionally the fact that despite our effort, there is no way to control our weight . The consequence might be something like "don't waist your time trying to loose your, it is genetic anyways". Accepting this irreversible role of genetic is like considering obesity and obesity related disease as our normal situation.

The truth is that folks do not become overweight while the amount of food calories is completely used by its body when performing a physical and intellectual activity. It's also a fact some people are genetically prone to be slim. Of course, for this very lucky people staying thin is much easier than for people having a genetic propensity for obesity. But I know that a genetic predisposition to something isn't a given that it will happen to you in any condition, it just means you may have to work harder to avoid it.

Valerian D. is a freelance writer interested in items such as genetic obesity propensity