Research

Recent research seems to point to a degree of genetic disposition to how fat we all are.

As we store fat, the fat cells in our body increase in size until they reach a maximum, then they split and new fat cells are created. It makes sense that the more fat cells we have, the more fat we can store.

These new fat cells are produced most readily as we are growing up i.e. when we are children. It seems to be an unfortunate outcome that a fat child will very often grow up to be a fat adult, principally due to the laying down of the fat cells produced in youth.

Whether we remain overweight can depend upon our genetic disposition and metabolic rate, so there may be some logic in the excuse ‘I have a slow metabolism’.

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The bottom line is that if we intake more calories through food and drink than we burn off through exercise, then we are going to put on weight. It is however not easy for everyone to lose weight depending on a genetic metabolic disposition and whether or not we were fat kids..