cause of obesity

1.Environmental Causes of Obesity
-which is a worldwide trend as reflected in the new word "globesity" - environmental factors must be the prime cause of modern obesity.

2.Overconsumption - A Possible Root Cause
-Eating too many calories for our enery needs must be a major candidate for the main cause of the modern obesity epidemic.

3.Reduced Energy Expenditure - A Possible Root Cause
-People who eat more calories need to burn more calories, otherwise their calorie surplus is stored as fat.

4.Genetic Causes of Modern Obesity
-Genes affect a number of weight-related processes in the body, such as metabolic rate, blood glucose metabolism, fat-storage, hormones, to name but a few.

5.Family Influence - A Major Contributory Cause to Obesity
-Parental behavioral patterns concerning shopping, cooking, eating and exercise, have an important influence on a child's energy balance and ultimately their weight. Thus family diet and lifestyle are important contributory causes to modern child obesity, especially at a time of rising affluence. Since obese children and adolescents frequently grow up to become obese adults, it's clear that family influence also extends to adult obesity.