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>Japanese in Hawaii have higher rates of obesity and don't live quite as long as a result So is it genetic or dietary?

• samatman 4y ago
  The breast cancer? Genetic. The longevity? Genetic. Dying earlier from unhealthy lifestyle? You guessed it, genetic! That particular genetic response is common to the human species. A person of a given ancestry has a healthy weight for their height, and exceeding it will shorten their lifespan on the average. Metabolism is genetic, though, no doubt about it. A different species might simply be unable to put on excess adipose tissue, eating too much would lead to purging from one or both ends. A different species might be cold-blooded. A different species might have an exoskeleton, which precludes obesity for mechanical reasons.
  • blackoil 4y ago
    Isn't that equivalent of saying, dying from drowning is not because of environment but genetic as a different species will very happily take dissolved oxygen from the water, technically true but useless analysis.
  • rat9988 4y ago
    Then it's dietary not genetic.