Inherited Fitness and What It Means for You

“You are your mother’s daughter,” can either be a compliment or a warning, depending on her structure and whether or not she has, at some point, been diagnosed with cancer.

A lot of people associate their fitness level and body weight to two factors — their diet and level of physical activity. They fail to take into account genetics; more appropriately, inherited fitness. This essentially means that your body is genetically predisposed to gain a certain amount of weight. Your fitness level is also highly dependent on your genes. The concept of inherited fitness revolves around the idea that genes …read more