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Discuss the potential causes of obesity.

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Q. Discuss the potential causes of obesity.

Answer: Obesity is the body condition in which a person gain so much body fat due to which he got the negative effect on normal body metabolism. The person who has BMI is more than 30 or more is considered affected by the obesity. According to the study reports of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the USA, about 35% of adult and 17% of children are affected by the obesity. In general, the major cause of the obesity is the consumption of more calories which we burn daily. These extra calories are stored in the body in the form of fat and a person start gaining weight.

The major potential causes of obesity are as follows:

(i)    Genetics: Genetics is one of the causes of obesity. The children of obese parents are commonly getting obesity than the children from lean parents. The obesity is also depended upon our feeding habits means the food we eat also affects the gene expression.

(ii)    Junk Food intake: In modern society consuming junk food has become a fashion. The junk food and drinking carbonated water is the leading cause of obesity all over the world. The processed food contain such items which boost the obesity in the body.

(iii)    Food addiction: Eating more sugar or sugar-containing food items also causes obesity.

(iv)    Insulin production in the body: Insulin is a very important hormone in the body which deals with the energy storage. Insulin also guides cells to store fat and to hold the fat for a long time. Western food habits induce the insulin resistance in the human body so the body produces more insulin which causes the storage of more energy in the form of fat.

(v)    Medication side effects: Many medicines cause the weight gain as their side effects. Example, antidepressants drugs have side effects due to which patient gain weight.

(vi)    Medical conditions: Certain medical conditions also cause the obesity such as hypothyroidism where certain important hormones are not produced well in body and their absence cause obesity.

(vii)    Misinformation or little knowledge: presently we are misinformed or have little knowledge about various foods and their effects on the body. Strong marketing by companies misinforms the consumer about the negative effects of some food items which also enhance the chances of getting obesity. Second, we have little knowledge about the food value and quality and there is one saying little knowledge is a dangerous thing which is exactly happened with the society regarding the various food item consumptions which causes obesity.