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<blockquote data-quote="AppleCori" data-source="post: 705042" data-attributes="member: 16024"><p>I have wondered about this, too.</p><p></p><p>I have a cousin in her 50s now, who was adopted at birth.</p><p></p><p>The adoptive parents then had three bio-kids, the first born less than two years after the adoption, and the next a couple of years after that.</p><p></p><p>They were raised in the same environment, ate the same foods, had the same opportunities, etc. yet, the adopted cousin has always been extremely overweight, while the parents and their three bio-kids were and always have been normal height/weight proportional.</p><p></p><p>She is in a nursing home now, for rehabilitation after a stroke, and has had many, many health-related problems. </p><p></p><p>I have never been privy to her eating habits, though I'm sure she must be overeating to maintain the extreme weight problem that she has, but I have also wondered if it could have a genetic base as well? </p><p></p><p>Does the brain not tell some people when they are full? Do some people crave carbs more than others? I wonder if genetics plays more of a role than we even understand?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AppleCori, post: 705042, member: 16024"] I have wondered about this, too. I have a cousin in her 50s now, who was adopted at birth. The adoptive parents then had three bio-kids, the first born less than two years after the adoption, and the next a couple of years after that. They were raised in the same environment, ate the same foods, had the same opportunities, etc. yet, the adopted cousin has always been extremely overweight, while the parents and their three bio-kids were and always have been normal height/weight proportional. She is in a nursing home now, for rehabilitation after a stroke, and has had many, many health-related problems. I have never been privy to her eating habits, though I'm sure she must be overeating to maintain the extreme weight problem that she has, but I have also wondered if it could have a genetic base as well? Does the brain not tell some people when they are full? Do some people crave carbs more than others? I wonder if genetics plays more of a role than we even understand? [/QUOTE]
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