female only Are others in your family overweight/obese?

[Sunwyse 1]

How your parents eat is how you eat.

That has nothing to do with genes, its simply habit. They eat their way and of course, introduce their children to their way of eating. Patterns can be broken though.

[Froggi 4]

Obesity runs in my family...just on my mom's side it seems though.

[L12 13]

Most family members on my dad's side are relatively normal weight. My mom's side has weight issues. Most of the women start out thin, even tiny (90-100lbs.), until they have kids--then they inflate like balloons! I don't have children, but had a miscarriage in 2001, and thus, my inflation began. Most of the women (including me) on my mom's side are also hypothyroid and have a myriad of gynecological issues.