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Several factors can play a role in gaining and retaining excess weight. These include diet, lack of exercise, environmental factors, and genetics. Some of these factors are discussed briefly in the following section.
The evidence for social and environmental factors that contribute to obesity are often underappreciated. Obesity prevalence is significantly associated with sex, racial ethnic identity, and socioeconomic status, which creates complex relationships between each of these characteristics.
There are many risk factors for overweight and obesity. Some are individual factors like knowledge, skills, and behaviors. Others are in your environment, such as school, workplace, and neighborhood. Additionally, food industry practices and marketing as well as social and cultural norms and values can also impact your risk. You may not be able ...
Often, obesity results from inherited, physiological and environmental factors, combined with diet, physical activity and exercise choices. The good news is that even modest weight loss can improve or prevent the health problems associated with obesity.
Obesity is a complex and costly chronic disease influenced by many factors. These factors include health behaviors, stress, health conditions and medications, genes, and people's environment. Knowing the risk factors can help individuals and communities take steps to prevent and reduce obesity.
The pathophysiology of obesity is widely influenced by genetic, environmental, behavioral, and developmental factors. This article describes the global epidemiology and environmental factors affecting obesity in adults and reviews its impact on patients with this condition.
Changes in both our society and our eating habits have contributed to the increase in obesity in the US. Here are the key reasons we are packing on the pounds. Some are in our control,...
Learn about environmental, societal, and genetic factors that contribute to obesity and view a module on environmental factors that influence eating to further help your patients.
Overweight and obesity result from an imbalance of energy intake (diet) and energy expenditure (physical activity). In most cases obesity is a multifactorial disease due to obesogenic environments, psycho-social factors and genetic variants.
Causes include hormones related to appetite and metabolism, which can be altered by environmental and medical conditions, genetics, and medications. Even the body's collection of microorganisms, known as the microbiome, plays a role. Read on to learn more about obesity and its causes.