21-01-2004, 09:07 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Joan
Bushbaby.............Overeating just one of the factors?
How many other factors except for the
very rare endocrine disorder(s) cause obesity?
I do not have a callous understanding of this issue bushbaby....
I did not say people jumped down my throat, I said some became quite annoyed....If input does not equal output of energy????
Underactive Thyroid gland, overactive thyroid gland, low metabolic rate, food allergies (especially to dairy) are just a few of the things that can cause weight gain or prevent weightloss. There are others. I went through my whole childhood having people point fingers at me and call me fattie or potjierol because I was overweight. I ate no more than any other child in my family, and because we had limited finances, I can assure you that sweets and chips were but infrequent treats in our household. Yet I was the one that was fat, my dad was skinny, so was my sister. I ran around, I played as other kids do, loved rugby, went swimming, did all that stuff, yet the weight did not shift. Funnily enough, my aunt is the same - played hockey throughout school, yet was always overweight. My mom has it too. With her we know it is the thyroid gland messing around, for my aunt and me we are still figuring it out - though I have a growing list of foodstuffs I cannot eat because I react badly to them - heart palpitations, sweats, etc. Your view is overly simplistic. Yes, in theory, if energy output exceeds energy input, then weightloss results, but the body is not a mechanical device, there are other factors that cand and do affect this process.