Originally Posted by TheSquealer

"influencing".... just as being stressed might "influence" ones eating.. or the weather, or a parent or anything else under the sun.

NOTHING changes the basic fact that in order to gain fat, you must consume more calories than you expend.

YOU HAVE 100% CONTROL OVER YOUR BODY WEIGHT.

These conversations get quite silly and the arguments even more so.

It's like thirst.

We can go on for days about what thirst is.

We can discuss and debate the intricate feedback mechanisms which tell your brain "drink water"

We can discuss and debate for yours how each mechanism might be influenced by another, genetic factors etc etc.

We can discuss all the ways in which a body can more efficiently or less efficiently transport water to cells.

We can discuss all the various functions of water in the body and the massive cascade of effects that a deficiency would have.

We can discuss and debate every role of water in the body and how even slight dehydration might even make you believe you see God.

We can discuss all the various effects of dehydration, some genetically influenced and so on.

the question in this case, however is quite simple

"how do you become severely dehydrated?"
and the answer is equally simple,... "you consistently lose a great deal more fluids than you take in".

"what do you do to become re-hydrated?"
the answer is equally simple
.... "drink more fluids than you are losing"

as with weight loss, the 1,000,000 other discussions, arguments from molecular biology to environment to bad parenting have no bearing on the basic fundamental fact that you have to consume more calories than you burn to gain fat.


to be "morbidly obese" or more to the point "extremely obese" people as the OP put it, you have to be eating WAAAAAAAY more calories than you need just to get there and again WAAAAAAAAY more calories than you need to maintain that body weight.