Lifestyle + Genetics over a period of time can lead to chronic illness.  The people represented here in yellow, orange and red are inflamed!   The red person is on fire with inflammation.  The body shape isn’t as important as the representation of inflammation.  Yes, often people who are inflamed are overweight, but that is not always the case. Inflammation leads to pain, diabetes, heart disease, Multiple Sclerosis, arthritis and a myriad of autoimmune diseases.