I was asking out of the same reason . I went ahead and used the node anyways , since I came to the conclusion that just because I ' m connecting to a public node , shouldn ' t mean that the wallet funds could be stolen by the person who maintains the node . Or I ' m wrong , and that ' s something that should seriously be fixed haha . As to your question , I ' m pretty sure that ' s the case . But maybe wait for someone else to chime in and backup my claim <| sep |> SUMMARY Science shows that genetics plays a role in obesity . Genes can directly cause obesity in disorders such as BardetBiedl syndrome and PraderWilli syndrome . However genes do not always predict future health . Genes and behavior may both be needed for a person to be overweight . In some cases multiple genes may increase one ' s susceptibility for obesity and require outside factors such as abundant food supply or little physical activity . Where genetics actually cause obesity when somebody doesn ' t have the receptors to feel full , like PraderWilli as mentioned . Even then , the cause of obesity is still eating too much . The rest of it implies that genetics can influence your susceptibility to obesity , but requires abundant food supply or little physical activity meaning too many daily calories . Some genes involved could be related to addictive behaviour or gut microbiota . In the end , obesity is still caused by eating too much fucking food . Also , you are an n of 1 and your data is anecdotal . Stating that you must have a fast metabolism because you eat like a pig and don ' t gain weight while you don ' t even count your calories is basically an opinion . So please , tell me how close to half of the U . S . can somehow defy thermodynamics .