my older sister is really super extremly skinny(not unhealthy) but she eats chips and ice cream and cookie dough and doesn't extersize much and my brothers, well, they don't count. my little brothers run aton, older lifts heavy weights, so... my mom is skinnyish, my dad(no offence to him) isn't. i extersize some and eat less then my sister, but i'm SO much fatter. is my metabolism slower then theirs??
2007-12-17 11:07:15 · 1 answers · asked by kristy 3 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
genetics is only part of the equation. you have a different diet from birth and different lifestyle from your little brothers, sisters, mother and father and this is why you all have different shaped bodies. this is where epigenetics comes into play and why cells from one offspring can differ from another when they share the same common genetic material.
taking a shot in the dark. it would probably be a safe assumption that you do not get much regular exercise or eat very healthy. ultimately this is why you are fatter than your siblings. your older sister undoubtedly was much more active from birth to her current age than yourself. small children when not asleep technically are not supposed to be sedentary for more than 1 hour at a shot, does this sound like your childhood?
2007-12-17 11:32:56 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋