Gender Your gender also plays a role in weight loss. Men tend to have a higher metabolic rate than females, even at rest. Furthermore because of their higher metabolism they burn more calories as women even with the exertion are equal. . Consequently, women tend to gain weight easily, and find it more difficult to shed the extra kilos.

Heredity If the biological parents are thin, then there is a 75 per cent chance that the children will be thin. For several years there has been speculation that there is a genetic tendency for obesity. The gene that hampers the feeling of satiety is passed on to the children. There is also a speculation that the mitochondria of obese people could be different. The mitochondria are always inherited from the mother, and hence this may explain the high correlation of a child's weight to that of the biological mother. However, inheriting the tendency to gain weight does not mean that you cannot lose weight it just means that you have to work harder at it.

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