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Originally Posted by Monticore
I don't eat as well as I should, I don't work out as much I should (injuries major and minor, just being tired) but when you have 2 kids who are very acting in sports and a wife who works crazy hours it can be very difficult to do things I should to be healthier and the fact that getting old doesn't help.
I think many things can contribute to obesity, including genetics, but most people don't get fat because they want to, mental health, physical health, money, environment, family influence, disease, medications.
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It's just stupid to say that genetics aren't a factor.
My best friend since college was diagnosed with Leukemia last year - at the same exact age that his mother was diagnosed with Leukemia.
Fortunately, both survived but he's very much worse for the wear. He had a port installed for chemotherapy, which lasted 9 months and ended in January. The poor guy is basically on house arrest because his immune system is so fragile at this point.
In another example, my parents and grandparents have/had high cholesterol their entire lives. When my grandmother passed away at age 91 in 2017, her cholesterol was over 500. That was not the cause of her death, it was old age coupled with dementia. Yet everyone in my family, who are all otherwise healthy and fit, are on some form of cholesterol medicine.
There are some things that we just cannot control, even with the recommended amount of diet and exercise, so to literally
blame the elderly for having underlying conditions, is just outright stupid - there's really no other word that applies.