What are the causes of Obesity?

 

The Healthhonics website shows us the different causes of obesity. It shows us two different types of causes including dietary and non-dietary causes.

 

 

Dietary Causes:

• Eating a large amount of Junk Food Instead of Healthy Food

• Eating a lot of Processed Food instead of including Home Cooked Food in your diet

• Drinking sugary and sweet drinks that are cold every day in large amounts

• Eating things that have soya beans in it all the time (Obesogens)

• Not enough fibre in the food you are eating

• Eating fruit and vegetables and not washing your hands and the fruit/vegetables before which causes pesticides to go into our stomach

• Having too much vegetable oil in our foods because they have a high amount of fatty acids

 

Non-dietary Causes:

• Lack of exercise with a lazy lifestyle

• Not enough sleep or too much sleep

• Anxiety or depression

• Not enough sunlight or foods that have Vitamin D in them

• Wrong Eating Habits

• Not enough water intake

 

Some other Edited causes suggested by MedicineNet-

 

• Genetics. ...

• Overeating. ...

• A diet high in simple carbohydrates. ...

• Frequently eating over and over. ...

• Physical inactivity. ...

• Medications. ...

• Psychological factors. ...

• Diseases such as hypothyroidism, insulin resistance, polycystic ovary syndrome, and Cushing's syndrome are also contributors to obesity.

 

Really what I think the main problem is that we need to live a healthy and active lifestyle and keep burning calories until you are around the Average weight.