Causes of Obesity

 Weight gain is not to be overlooked. If it remains unchecked, it leads to the individual being classified as overweight. According to StopchronicDisease.com, an individual is overweight if their body mass index (B.M.I) is 25 to 29.9. Obesity occurs when the BMI is 30 and above. These signs are visible and the trends are obvious. Some of the reasons for weight gain that eventually leads to obesity are:

1. Overeating
2. Emotional problems
3. Genetics
4. Inadequate parental guidance.
5. Insufficient physical activity
6. Metabolism
7. Schools and community

 According to the Centers of Disease Control (C.D.C), obesity is the accumulation of body fat over a period of time, due to a chronic energy imbalance. This means that calories consumed, exceed calories expended.

 One of the reasons is overeating. This leads to weight gain, and can most times be blamed on parents. From infancy, many parents, force children to eat more than they need, even when they indicate they are full. A child will never starve themselves if they are healthy, so parents should listen to their children. Mothers also need to know that the child’s stomach will stretch, if they are forced to overeat. This is the reason why children of the same age will eat different quantities, because what may fill one child’s stomach may well be too much for another. As the saying goes “we must eat to live, not live to eat” and this is no different for children. We should never eat, or force them to eat to the point where they are uncomfortable.

 This is one of the factors that parents can control. They should educate themselves on preparation of healthy, nutritious, but low-calorie meals, and in turn teach their children how to be more selective in the food they eat. It is never easy to give up foods we love. The best approach is to eat in small portions, and find healthier ways to prepare meals, such as broiling rather than frying.

This is a life style and life time change to reduce cases of obesity

Patricia Bardowell has been a professional writer over five years. She writes for Triond.com, Western Examiner, Demand Studios, Newsvine, and commentator with Huffington Post.

She has a wide ranging experience in the financial sector, namely banking, life insurance and real estate. Patricia is also a medical assistant, and worked in the health field for several years.

She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice (2008) and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) (2009), both from Keiser University.

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