| Obesity is an excess of body fat that frequently | | | | Environment strongly influences obesity. This includes |
| results in a significant impairment of health. Obesity is a | | | | lifestyle behaviors such as eating habits and exercise. |
| known risk factor for chronic diseases including heart | | | | Although you can't change your genetic factor, you |
| disease, diabetics, high blood pressure, heart attack | | | | can change your eating habits and levels of activity. |
| and various other forms of diseases. The symptoms | | | | Eat nutritious food and be more physically active. |
| may be mild in some individuals, but they represent the | | | | Psychological factors- |
| early stages of a chronic and incurable disease. Even | | | | Many people eat in response to negative emotions |
| in children with overweight, there is increased risk of | | | | such a boredom, sadness or anger. |
| developing high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels | | | | Other factors- |
| and other diseases. | | | | Some illness can lead to obesity or a tendency to gain |
| According to most references, a person is classified | | | | weight. Drugs such as steroids may cause weight gain. |
| as obese, if he has a BMI of 30 or higher. Many | | | | Unfortunately, obesity is difficult to manage, in part |
| classify obese as disease that affects the rest of | | | | because the treatment is difficult and demanding and |
| one's body in negative ways, leading to increased | | | | must be sustained for a lifetime. Again, it is rarely |
| stress on the heart and other organs. | | | | covered by health insurance. |
| Although obesity is often considered as a disease, it is | | | | Physicians find various ways to manage obesity by |
| technically only a condition-the condition in which | | | | altering lifestyle issues like diet and exercise and with |
| excess body fat is stored on the body. There are | | | | effective medication. To lose weight and maintain |
| many factors that can contribute to excess body fat | | | | weight loss over the long term, it is necessary to |
| deposition. These factors can be divided into broadly | | | | modify one's diet and engage in regular physical |
| two categories-genetic or inherited factors and | | | | exercise. |
| behavioral factors. Obesity has become so common | | | | Obesity is a serious risk to our health. Other than |
| these days that it is replacing traditional health | | | | several health problems, emotional suffering is one of |
| concerns such as malnutrition and other infectious | | | | the painful parts of obesity. Obese people often face |
| diseases. | | | | prejudice or discrimination in the job market, at school |
| Obesity has more than one cause- genetic, | | | | and in social gatherings. |
| environmental, psychological, and many other factors | | | | Various treatment modalities applied for weight |
| play a part as well. | | | | reduction include diet regulation, behavior modification, |
| Genetic factors- | | | | prescribed exercises, medication, management of |
| Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting a genetic | | | | complications and surgery as the last resort. The |
| cause. Research says if one of the parents is obese, | | | | management of obesity consists of reduction in calorie |
| the possibility that their children will be obese is 40%. If | | | | intake, dietary modifications, increasing the physical |
| both the parents are obese, the chance that their | | | | activity, behavior therapy, medically approved drug |
| children will be obese goes up to 80%. | | | | therapy and if nothing works, surgical treatment. |
| Environmental factors- | | | | |