Conventional wisdom tells us that obese people are fat because they just don't have the will power to avoid overeating. They eat because they are hungry and desire food and thus get fat. At least that's what we're suppose to believe.
Gary Taubes in his book "Good Calories, Bad Calories" submits that what REALLY is at work within obese people is hormonal hijacking. Essentially, he makes the point that people who are obese get that way because hormones in the body drive it to become fat (in similar fashion as hormones in a child's body drives it to grow) and thus the person is filled with hunger and begins seeking calorie as well as feels lethargic and seeks to rest. It's his own hormones that are manipulating him.
I think that this idea makes a lot of sense and is very compelling. I'll have to do some more lookin' into it though before I settle my own views on the subject. It is pretty controversial after all.
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