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I'm not fat, I run 5 kms daily. But I am tired of posts on this site about people being "lazy" if they gain weight. There are a lot of reasons why someone can become fat and it has nothing to do with being lazy (people that say laziness are typical nasty, ignorant & uneducated).

KNOWN reasons include:

~ Medication can cause weight gain, in fact it's extremely common for certain medicine
~ Mental health issues - depression, insomnia, etc. can be cause for weight gain
~ Medical issues such as hypothyroidism is very typical in causing weight gain issues
~ Serious injuries that handicap mobility (e. g. broken legs) can cause weight gain
~ Poor diet overly processed but cheaper products can obviously cause weight gain

Plenty of reasons that involve weight gain without being lazy.

I ask as this is an argument by many. It's genetic.

But I look at my cousin. He was adopted into my family. His biological mother was a heavy alcholic and his father a in and out of jail meth/crackhead. He met them when he was 20s. After one event of drinking far too much at 24 - as many young twenties do - he has never touched a drop of alcohol since. He's 43.

I admit that there may be a genetic issue resulting in a poorer ability to cope with situations or life which might be a mental health issue.

The reason why I say this my mother had an issue with drinking - poor ability to cope. Her mother - again poor ability to cope. Her grandmother - never touched a drop of alcohol & was phenomenal with her ability to cope with awkward, difficult, or hard situations.