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Study case for these three research question.
1. Is obesity heredity? i.e., If your parents are fat, will you be fat also?
2. Is obesity related to your food habits? i.e., If you are a non-vegetarian, will you be fat?
3. Is inactivity related to obesity? i.e., if you are not very active, will you be fat?
Please provide reference.
Hi Answer:
1. Is obesity heredity? i.e., If your parents are fat, will you be fat also?
Answer: Yes obesity is related to heredity, if your parents are fat there are more chances that you will also fat. 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. (Andrew et al., 2006).
2. Is obesity related to your food habits? i.e., If you are a non-vegetarian, will you be fat?
Answer: Yes the obesity is also related to the food habits if we took more junk food and carbonated water the chances of obesity is much higher. The second region behind the obesity is eating processed food because for enhancing the shelf life and making them yummy some preservative and chemicals are added which boost the obesity. In addition to this consumption of more sugar or sugar contacting food items also increases the obesity. If a person is a vegetarian right from birth then the chances of getting obesity are less but this also depends upon the genetics, if his/her parents have obesity then he/she may get obesity even he/she is vegetarian (Rosenheck, 2008).
3. Is inactivity related to obesity? i.e., if you are not very active, will you be fat?
Please provide a reference.
Answer: Yes inactivity is another cause of getting fat because when we are inactive the calories which we consume is not utilized and they are stored in the form of fat in your body which causes obesity. Higher the body activity lesser the chance of getting fat accumulation. Actually we consume calories in the form of food to get energy to perform various metabolic reaction of body and other works but when we are inactive that energy or calories is not consumed fully and start accumulating in the body in the form of fat and due to this reason a less inactive person become fatter as compared to the active person (WHO, 2009; Wilks et al, 2011).
References:
Andrew JW, Alexandra IFB and Philippe F (2006) Genetics of obesity and the prediction of risk for health. Human molecular genetics, 15 (2): R124-R130.
Rosenheck R ( 2008). "Fast food consumption and increased caloric intake: a systematic review of a trajectory towards weight gain and obesity risk". Obesity Reviews (Review). 9 (6): 535–47.
WHO (2009) | Physical Inactivity: A Global Public Health Problem". World Health Organization
Wilks DC, Sharp SJ, Ekelund U, Thompson SG, Mander AP, Turner RM, Jebb SA, Lindroos AK (2011). Objectively measured physical activity and fat mass in children: a bias-adjusted meta-analysis of prospective studies. PLOS One. 6 (2): e17205.