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Are you seriously proposing the human body is as simplistic a system as an engine? Because I really think we'd have obesity beat already were that the case.
We do have obesity beat. Eat less calories than your body burns for long enough and you will stop being obese.
Again, as I pointed out in more than one post you don't become obese over night. You become obese over a period of time in which there are several poor decisions made relating to activity level and diet. It will take an equally long time to undo those poor decisions. With optimized decision making you can shorten the time. The problem isn't obesity is some fucking mystery brought to us by ancient civilizations to solve its a problem of too many fucking calories in versus too few calories out over an extended period of time.
People want instant results. I referenced this in the diet thread but I'll point it out here too. Back this time last year, a BIIIIIG OL' DUDE signed up as a "resolutioner" at the gym. Smaller than the guy in my long post, but still a big boy by any measure. Probably about 400lbs or so. Hadn't seen him at the gym since maybe February and I figured he had quit (like all the other resolutioners). Turns out, I saw him in about July or August and the dude looked like he had lost about 100 or more lbs. Saw him again the past week and he's still dropping weight. He's still obese but he's waaaayyy better off.
Patience and persistence are the key to overcoming obesity. Blaming your dna, gut flora, or anything else will never solve the problem. There is a proven method to combat obesity but it takes time and effort. Those, are unfortunately, two things a lot of modern people lack.