Obesity tends to run in families, implying genetic factors (Causes, 2003). The search for an obesity gene is complicated because families also tend to share eating habits and lifestyle habits (Causes, 2003). In one study, however, adults who were adopted as children were found to have weights closer to their biological parents than to their adopted parents (Understanding, 2003). In this case, the person’s genetic make-up had more influence on the development of obesity than the environment in the adoptive home. Other research has shown than often normal weight children of obese parents have a lower metabolic rate that normal weight children of non-obese parents (Causes, 2003

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somewhere in between (Causes, 2003). Fat storage is also more evenly distributed (Causes, 2003). These are stereotype body shapes. Most people are a combination of two are all three (Causes, 2003). It is not doubtful whether a person’s body shape and fat distribution is sufficient enough to cause obesity (Causes, 2003).

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