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Causes of Obesity
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CAUSES OF OBESITY Some of the more common causes of obesity are
• Genes and Heredity Obesity tends to run in families,
implying genetic factors. The search for an "obesity gene" is complicated, however, by the fact that families also tend to share eating and lifestyle habits, making it difficult to separate genetics per se from behavior. Studies have been designed to determine how significantly genes and family lifestyles affect obesity.
• Environmental Causes Now-a-days fast food, processed food, and enriched food choices plays a vital role in everyone’s life. Advertisements for these food products boast their nutrition values and ease of preparation can make our lives easier. We lead busy lives, eat fast, and choose television or computer over exercise. People who eat high fat diets and get little exercise, face more problems with weight gain than who eat low fat diets and get regular exercise. • Psychological Factors It''s no surprise that psychological factors and behavioral problems may cause weight gain in people. Many people eat when they''re stressed, bored or angry. Over time, the association between an emotion and food can become firmly fixed. Depression and stress are leading causes of obesity and eating disorders. Indeed, obesity can be traced to behavioral or psychological difficulties.
• Physical Causes Certain physical disorders can lead to overeating, or interfere with the body''s mechanism that regulates calorie use. Physical causes of obesity should always be considered. A condition known as hypothyroidism can lead to weight gain. In fact, hypothyroidism, a condition of the thyroid that slows the body''s metabolism way down, is one of the significant causes of obesity in adults and in children.
• Medications Certain medications can also be a cause of obesity. Steroid medications are common culprits increasing the amount of fluid the body holds in the body. Some migraine medications are also known to cause weight gain. Antidepressants and other mood altering medications, sometimes used for the treatment of stress, anxiety and depression can also cause increased weight gain.
Published: January 06, 2008
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