Weight Maven

MDPrevent’s Dr. Steven Charlap on why you get fat (emphasis mine):

So when somebody, or for that matter anybody, tells everybody exactly why they get fat, consider it rubbish. As a doctor that treats obesity and related weight problems, I can tell you honestly that it’s a different reason in every case. …

Most people gain weight because of a combination of five main reasons [underlying medical condition, a sedentary lifestyle, a poor diet, insufficient sleep, and undue stress], but in each case each reason plays a different percentage and that’s why each person is different. …

So when someone tells you off the cuff or you read in a magazine or a book why you gained your weight, just ignore them. Until they know you, they really don’t know why you gained weight.