what environmental factors might be contributing to this family’s weight and health problems ? 2) do you think that obesity is inevitable for the Rhys family ?

Imagine the parents learn that Joey has one defective MC4R gene, inherited from one of them. Mr. Rhys continues to believe that his and joey’s continued weight gain is inevitable and that changing their diet will have no effect. Mrs Rhys thinks that the family’s dietary choices and inactivity might play a larger role than heredity. 1) what environmental factors might be contributing to this family’s weight and health problems ? 2) do you think that obesity is inevitable for the Rhys family ?