Yesterday I watched the episode of "Half Ton Man" on Discovery Health. I was shocked at the sight, and amazed the man was still alive. He was over 1,000 pounds and when he needed to go to the hospital the paramedics, and others, had to tear down a wall in his house to get him out.

When they showed him he looked as though he was trapped and had been laying on that bed for years. When they turned him over, with the help of ten men, his stomach was flat on his side from where he had been laying that way for months. His skin was torn from being stretched beyond the limit, and he was unable to lay on his back because he would suffocate under the weight on his chest.

It was a horrible sight. His wife who had been caring for him said that she had no idea he was that bad till she saw him on the news. What?!? She's the one that feeds him all day long because he's unable to move.

I brought this up because I wanted to talk about whether some believe their is a gene that humans adapted to many years ago that did not allow them to feel full. Scientist say this gene was adapted through the famine so people would eat as much as they could to store the energy. Unfortunately the gene stuck through time and stayed with some even when the way of life became less work. That's the gene that makes an super morbidly obese person (900 lbs +) never feel as though they are full. They eat continuously through the day non stop.

Do you believe this gene is fabricated through science to explain food addiction? Or do you believe this gene does exist and many Americans who suffer from morbid obesity posses this gene?