Do you come from a family of fats?

[memphis]

I absolutely do. With the exception of my dad's second wife, who was morbidly obese but biologically unrelated to me, nobody was breathtakingly heavy, but my people are undeniably fat. I was raised with garbage food, though not in Oklahoma sized potions, heavy tv usage, and limited exercise. Trying really hard to break the cycle. Anybody else in the same boat?

[7,052,770]

Yes, lots of overweight people on both sides of the family, although it's worth nothing that my dad is half-Northern (Michigan UP) and that's probably the primary source of the obesity.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

My mother's side is a bit, eh... weightier than my Dad's side, and I'm the skinniest guy of my immediate family. I went with "yes".

[Sopranos Republican]

Yes definitely. My mom's side is composed of big Italian men and women, and my dad's side I don't visit often at all, we don't talk to them much. I'm probably the thinnest person in my family.

[Leftbehind]

Also the thinnest in my family, although almost none of my family are overweight (with the exception of one auntie).

[opebo]

No, not a one.  I mean there might be one or two overweights, but only very moderately - I'm probably as bad as any of them.  Lots of them were downright slim and fit till death.. and they weren't eating particularly 'healthily'.  I think it is 99% genes rather than behavior.

[Indy Texas]

No. My mother's family roots are in the Upper South and Appalachia but their eating habits and family recipes aren't particularly unhealthy. My guess is it's because they went from being so poor they couldn't eat enough to get fat to the upper-middle class means of eating fresh veggies and joining the local tennis club, rather than becoming mired in the swamp of processed foods and cupholder-equipped La-Z-Boy recliners that their less prosperous counterparts did. As for my father's family, they're of Mediterranean stock. There's nothing unhealthy about pita bread, hummus, tomatoes and red wine, with the occasional leg of lamb for special occasions.

[rejectamenta]

My parents didn't get fat until they began nearing 50. I was up to 205 at 5'10", shed to an emaciated 155 before getting into strength training and evening out at 180. My younger brother is anomalous at 6' and 123 pounds.

[free my dawg]

Yes. My mother's side isn't terrible (but half of it being vegans probably helps out on that), but my dad's is usually on the heavier side.

and I'm just sitting here at 6'2, 150

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Some. My late grandma, and some aunts on both sides of the family are considered overweight, but none of them look heavy, and are by no means "fat."

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Some of my family is pretty overweight, and that includes two vegetarians (I know, never thought you'd hear about that, would you!)  On the other hand, some of them are not heavy at all.

[Torie]

My younger brother is a fat, my older brother is a wraith, my Mom was always fit, my Dad pleasantly plump in his 50's and early 60's (that was another era), before slimming down in his 70's. I was also a near fat, until I found religion and had an epiphany. The odd thing is that I found shedding 60 pounds to be one of the most painless and easiest things I have ever done in my life. My gym trainer was just amazed. Go figure.

[DC Al Fine]

No, my family's quite thin. I'm 5'10 & 150lbs.

[anvi]

Mixed bag.  Most of my brothers are pretty fit, but two are overweight.  My dad was slim and fit for most of his life and got a belly in his old age.  My mother was obese in her early 50's, joined Weight Watchers, walked regularly, and in the course of the next 35 years lost 130 pounds and became very thin, and she still is at 89.  

To be honest, though I do generally like the nominalization of adjectives bit in Atlasspeak, I don't really like the whole thing about calling people "fats."  But, I just hope it's a lighthearted sort of thing and shrug it off anyway.

[Dr. Cynic]

Yes. Including me.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Surprisingly, no.  I had one uncle who was really overweight, about 6'2 - 300 lbs, but he has since lost quite a bit of weight.  Idk what he weighs now.  My mother is normal, my dad is normal, my grandmother is skinny as a rail and could stand to gain a few pounds, and my brother is normal being a Navy man.  All my cousins are all slim and trim, as well.  I am the anomaly with my severe obesity.  So, unfortunately, I have to refute what opebo said.  It is not 99% genetic (at least not in my case).  In my case, it is likely 75% choices, 15% medication, and 10% genetics.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

No, my family are all rather average by Swedish standards. (Well except me, I'm a walking skeleton.)

[MaxQue]

No. Traditionnal rural Quebec diet doesn't lead to obesity (but may lead to an overdose of potatoes).

[Napoleon]

No

[opebo]

Some of my family is pretty overweight, and that includes two vegetarians (I know, never thought you'd hear about that, would you!) 

Actually a lot of vegetarians I have met are quite fat - they generally eat very unhealthily with a lot of snacks and french fries because their 'main courses' are inadequate to maintain life.

[Vosem]

No. I come from a family of Soviet immigrants. Mutually exclusive.

[tpfkaw]

Of course not.

[minionofmidas]

To be honest, though I do generally like the nominalization of adjectives bit in Atlasspeak, I don't really like the whole thing about calling people "fats."  

Mr Domino wants a word with you.

A family of fats? Certainly not. Fats (not morbid obeses) in the family? Definitely.

[King]

My grandfather on my father's side is a can of canola oil

[Peter the Lefty]

Yep.  Both my parents were average when they were younger when they were younger, but they're both quite overweight now.  And my brother is...well...quite obese.  I'm pretty much the twig of the family.