It's In Your Head, Not Your Stomach

This article from BBC News points to research which indicates that most of the excess weight that all of us would like to lose (at least 70% of it anyway) is caused by genetics - specifically "metabolic flaws" in your brain.

So, like so much else in life...we can just blame our parents.

Link: Obesity 'controlled by the brain'

(Illustration: Patrick J. Lynch)