Obesity In Umpiring

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Originally Posted by ManInBlue

That's the dumbest thing I've read in a LOOOOOONG time. Obesity can indeed be genetic. A genteic predisposition for a weight problem makes the fight to "stay fit" rather difficult. You are going to be "big boneded" regardless of what you do to fight it. You can prevent it, even when you are genetically inclined for this condition - but it would take more than just eating two pounds of food/day (which by the way is simply "counting calories." Less than 2000 calories/day = weight loss. Around 1000/day = drastic weight loss (and can be very dangerous for some dieters).

Obesity, by definition, is excessivley over weight, period. It makes no assumption about how one becomes over weight.

Gluttony by definition is willful over consumption (of anything).

Please get your definitions straight before you post inaccurate information.

Tell you what, if you are so sure, then why not join sci.med.cardiology or call Dr. Andrew Chung, who resides on SCM to counsel just this subject. Then come back and support obesity is genetic, which infers one can't do anything about it.

Complete crap, it's gluttony, overconsumption and nothing else.