Things coaches hear on daily basis:

*You know how we South Indians love our white rice. 

*Punjabis are foodies. 

*Telugu folks love our avvaka rice.

*All my weight gain is due to (insert phase of life you think it the catch all reason here). 

These statements are not imagined. I am straight up quoting clients. 

People will stereotype their behaviour to absolve themselves of  responsibility for personal  choices. 

I understand our eating and exercise habits are captive to our culture, environment, and convenience. And we deal with the can of worms called stress with food, inactivity (or activity) and entertainment in different ways. 

But you control a few variables to take care of your health and physical capacity:
1. Food
2. Sleep
3. Stress
4. Activity 
5. Medical intervention 

If you truly care, you will embrace your capacity for making these choices to any degree possible and stop clutching on to convenient excuses that your identity, culture and environment serve up.