a. Introduction: i. Literature Review: Research is underway to determine whether obesity is the result of genetics or simply lack of exercise and poor eating habits. A peer-reviewed article by A Li and D Meyre titled Challenges in Reproducibility of Genetic Association Studies: Lessons Learn from the Obesity Field, mentions that genetics plays an important role in obesity, but as scientists cannot reproduce the gene and prove that it is true, they cannot guarantee that genetics is the result of obesity (Li & Meyre, 2012). A similar article reviewed by David U. Gorkin and Bing Ren indicates that there are 75 locations on the human DNA sequence linked to obesity, but in this research direct evidence is still lacking (Gorkin, D & Ren, B, 2014). ii. Introduction of the hypothesis: the hypothesis is; Obese people believe they are obese because of genetics. iii. Variables linked to the HINTS survey: The variables in my hypothesis are linked to the HINTS survey because the independent variable, obesity, is the same. The dependent variable is genetics and it is the same as in the HINTS.b survey. Methods: i. Learn more about the hypothesis: Most obese people don't want to take responsibility for their obesity. Obese people have difficulty accepting the fact that they are obese due to their lack of physical activity and poor eating habits. If more obese people could recognize that they are not obese due to their genetics, it could potentially inspire them to stay fit and healthy. ii. How HINTS data was collected: Researchers collected results from 7,412 respondents. The research question was: “To what extent do you think obesity is hereditary. Would you say…” The resp...... middle of document ......tp://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html• Wang, C & Coups, EJ. (March 3, 2010). Casual beliefs about obesity and associated health behaviors: Results from a population-based survey. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842229/• TIPS. (2007). To what extent do you think obesity is hereditary. Would you say… Retrieved from http://hints.cancer.gov/question-details.aspx?dataset=2007&qid=655&qdid=2318&method=Combined• Li, A. and Meyer, D. (April 13, 2012). Reproducibility challenges of genetic association studies: lessons from the obesity field. Retrieved from wwww.nature.com/ijo/journal/v37/n4/full/ijo201282a.html• Gorkin, DU and Ren, B. (20 March 2014). Genetics: closing the gap on the culprits of obesity. Retrieved from xeries.calstate.edu/fullerton/metasearch/record?group=2014-03-21-0003000&resultset=009356&startRecord=13