Very misleading article. The vast majority of human obesity is not caused by genetics - indeed, this is why we have many more obese people now than we did a century, although we have the same genetics. Our great grandparents gave their genes to us, but they didn't suffer as much from obesity because they ate only what they needed and were more active.
For the unfortunate minority that truly does have a very strong genetic component, the fact remains that eating slightly less - just 10-15% less, will allow them to match their metabolism.
This is not to say we should "blame" people - social and environmental factors are very important. Lack of sleep due to too much work / artificially lit environment causes more eating, lots of food is engineered to be super tasty for us, there were no cookie trees in our ancient past :)
For the unfortunate minority that truly does have a very strong genetic component, the fact remains that eating slightly less - just 10-15% less, will allow them to match their metabolism.
This is not to say we should "blame" people - social and environmental factors are very important. Lack of sleep due to too much work / artificially lit environment causes more eating, lots of food is engineered to be super tasty for us, there were no cookie trees in our ancient past :)