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Obesity means overweight or excessive calories in your body than required. It is the excess of calories that is converted into fat. Though obesity can occur at any age, it often happens after the age of 35 or 40 years, when a person starts becoming less active physically. The basic causes of obesity are genes, hereditary, lifestyle, emotions.
Genes: Genes may play a role to regulate our body’s...
Obesity is a growing health concern all over the world as the number of people suffering from obesity is multiplying in gigantic proportions leading to a health disaster situation.
Obesity is a state where you gain weight when your intake of calories is higher than the requirements of your body, and the excess calories turn in fats in your body.
The excess fat changes its form in shape, size; proportions...
Obesity is caused by excessive accumulation of fats in our body.
In this state our body consumes more calories than we require and burns lesser calories in comparison. Hence we tend to put on weight and be obese. Obesity can result in heart stroke, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes.
Obesity is spreading fast throughout the world and the causes are:
Over eating of high fat foods.
Eating junk and...
We often associate drinking with extreme sorrow and joy. It’s true that the drinking habit might occur due to depression and often excessive drinking leads to obesity. This is even truer for young women suffering from alcohol addiction.
Alcoholic beverages contain a lot of calories; consuming these calories regularly results in weight gain an eventually the concerned individuals get obese. According...
Obesity is a disease caused by excessive accumulation of body fat. Individuals having a body mass index in excess of 30 are characterized as obese. A range of genetic and environmental factors are known to play a role in the development of obesity. To what extent do these factors contribute toward obesity remains to be seen. Obesity in the form of clinical, malignant, and morbid obesity puts individuals...
While antidepressants may be a blessing in not-such-a-great disguise for many people grappling with issues such as panic disorders, it does seem to have its own quirks. One of the most troubling of these is the excessive weight gain that accompanies the usage of these medicines.
What causes for the weight gain when on antidepressants?
There have been a number of theories that have revolved around the...
The obesity epidemic is spreading far and wide; with large chunks of the American population already having fallen prey to it. Until now, most of the research being conducted was paying attention to how obesity’s causes lay in the beginning of a child’s life and how it had its roots sown in the kind of diet and the kind of lifestyle that the child dealt with in the first couple of years right after...
We all have that one food we just can’t resist. In my case it is a good old bowl of mashed potatoes. The recipe isn’t the healthiest for the heart or the body, but it is just something that I can’t seem to live without. But what is it that causes me to crave so insanely for that fluffy goodness, as I call it? Is it the fat, the salt or the generous sprinkling of carbohydrates? All said and done,...
Could the mind hold the key to a healthier body? Research debated and discussed by researchers focused on the topic of obesity would certainly indicate so. By twisting our beliefs system to change how satiating we believe food is before we consume it we can limit our consumption of food and everything we ingest, and its ability to satisfy us, is entirely up to our own way of seeing things. Across a...
Simply put, a food craving is what you call it when you have absolutely no appetite, but you still harbor the desire to nibble on some sort of edible item. This is why you find people wolfing down ice cream or chocolates or chips even after they’re supposedly full after having a hearty meal. Whatever be your craving, there is always a good reason to be attributed for it. Listed below are some of...
Many people believe that fast food is a leading cause of obesity in today’s world and while that may be true there are many reasons as to how and why this may happen. Let’s look at a few of the most common reasons related to why and how fast food causes obesity.
First of all one of the main reasons why fast food leads to obesity is because of the way people work. Many people are so busy with their...
Due to the increasing number of individuals who face obesity each day of their lives a relatively new question has begun circulating among a variety different people and that question is exactly what are the causes of obesity? While this may seem like a relatively simple question the reality of the situation is that there are many things that can lead to a person becoming obese. Many times these causes...
Obesity, in today’s modern world is a sign of embarrassment for most of the people. It has become one of the major issues from which people try to escape. Well, escaping is not the only solution to get rid of the fact, but one can act on it properly and live life happily.
To overcome from Obesity, you should first understand the causes of it, so that you can proceed further properly. There are many...
Obesity is a growing concern in today’s world and many people wonder why it has become such a major issue with so many people as well as what has caused the occurrence of obesity to increase so rapidly over the years.
There are many causes of obesity that range from poor lifestyle choices to uncontrolled medical issues. Although some of these issues such as choices regarding lifestyle can be altered...
