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Causes Causes of obesity. Obesity is generally caused by eating too much and moving too little. If you consume high amounts of energy from your diet, particularly from fat and sugars, but do not burn off the energy through exercise and physical activity, much of the surplus energy is then stored by the body as fat.auses of obesity. Obesity is generally caused by eating too much and moving too little. If you consume high amounts of energy from your diet, particularly from fat and sugars, but do not burn off the energy through exercise and physical activity, much of the surplus energy is then stored by the body as fat.
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Obesity Obesity is common and is a risk factor for multiple conditions and health complications hypertension, type II diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer. A person can become obese as a result of a variety of causes.
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Obesity in Children Children become overweight and obese for a variety of reasons. The most common causes are genetic factors, lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns, or a combination of these factors.
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Childhood Obesity Causes & Consequences Childhood Obesity Causes & Consequences. Childhood obesity is a complex health issue. It occurs when a child is well above the normal or healthy weight for his or her age and height. The main causes of excess weight in youth are similar to those in adults, including individual causes such as behavior and genetics.
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Glossary Some hormone problems may cause overweight and obesity, such as underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), Cushing's syndrome, and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Underactive thyroid is a condition in which the thyroid gland doesn't make enough thyroid hormone.
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Contributing Factors of Childhood Obesity Behavioral Factors. Because the factors that contribute to childhood obesity interact with each other, it is not possible to specify one behavior as the “cause” of obesity. However, certain behaviors can be identified as potentially contributing to an energy imbalance and, consequently, to obesity.
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Obesity 1 A person is more likely to develop obesity if one or both parents are obese. 2  Genetics also affect hormones involved in fat regulation. 3  For example, one genetic cause of obesity is leptin deficiency. 4  Leptin is a hormone produced in fat cells and also in the placenta.
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Medical Causes of Obesity Obesity is usually the result of overeating, but in a small percentage of people excess weight gain is a symptom of another disease. Medical causes of obesity can include: Hypothyroidism. This is a condition where the thyroid gland, located in the neck, produces too little thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormone regulates our metabolism. So too little hormone slows the metabolism and often causes weight gain. If your doctor suspects thyroid disease as a cause of your obesity, he or she may perform blood tests to check your hormone levels. Cushing's syndrome.
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Obesity Linked to Prostate Cancer, Study Finds Obesity Linked to Prostate Cancer, Study Finds. TUESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- Obese men are more likely to have precancerous changes detected in benign prostate biopsies and are at increased risk for eventually developing prostate cancer, new research suggests.
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Four Steps to Reducing Insulin Levels Metabolic Syndrome, a leading cause of weight gain and obesity, occurs when the body loses its ability to control insulin levels. Left untreated, glucose and insulin levels can become chronically elevated, resulting in obesity, diabetes and increasing the incidence of heart attack, strokes, cataracts and cancer.
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definitions - Obesityreport a problem Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive food intake, lack of physical activity, and genetic susceptibility. A few cases are caused primarily by genes, endocrine disorders, medications, or mental illness.
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- The following possible contributors to obesity account for less than 5% of the cases of obesity in humans, and a similar proportion is likely in dogs as well. Hypothyroidism: In the disease hypothyroidism, the dog's body produces less thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormone influences metabolic rate.
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Obesity Both overweight and obesity can make it more likely that you will develop serious complications. These problems include diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, gallstones, high cholesterol, gout, and many types of cancer. Obesity c even raises the risk of early death.
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A Detailed Analysis Of the CDCâs âObesity Killsâ Statistic Obesity-associated diseases are not necessarily caused by increased body weight. There is evidence to support a number of alternative explanations: (1) A disease or its treatment may itself promote obesity.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CORPULENT Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.besity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive food energy intake, lack of physical activity, and genetic susceptibility, although a few cases are caused primarily by genes, endocrine disorders, medications, or psychiatric illness.
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Overview Obesity can occur at any age, even in young children. But as you age, hormonal changes and a less active lifestyle increase your risk of obesity. In addition, the amount of muscle in your body tends to decrease with age. This lower muscle mass leads to a decrease in metabolism. These changes also reduce calorie needs, and can make it harder to keep off excess weight.
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obesity Obesity traditionally has been defined as a weight at least 20% above the weight corresponding to the lowest death rate for individuals of a specific height, gender, and age (ideal weight).. Excessive body weight has been shown to predispose to various diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus type 2, sleep disturbances (sleep apnea) and osteoarthritis. Obesity is one of the major risk factors for developing a heart attack, as well as hypertension and stroke.
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Overview Obesity can sometimes be traced to a medical cause, such as Prader-Willi syndrome, Cushing's syndrome, and other diseases and conditions. However, these disorders are rare and, in general, the principal causes of obesity are: Inactivity. If you're not very active, you don't burn as many calories. With a sedentary lifestyle, you can easily take in more calories every day than you use through exercise and normal daily activities. Unhealthy diet and eating habits. Weight gain is inevitable if you regularly eat more calories than you burn.
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- Overweight and obesity develop over time when you take in more calories than you use, or when energy IN is more than your energy OUT. This type of energy imbalance causes your body to store fat. Your body uses certain nutrients such as carbohydrates or sugars, proteins, and fats from the foods you eat to:
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Obesity in Children Children become overweight and obese for a variety of reasons. The most common causes are genetic factors, lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns, or a combination of these factors. Only in rare cases is being overweight caused by a medical condition such as a hormonal problem.A physical exam and some blood tests can rule out the possibility of a medical condition as the cause for obesity.nly in rare cases is being overweight caused by a medical condition such as a hormonal problem. A physical exam and some blood tests can rule out the possibility of a medical condition as the cause for obesity.
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- Medical problems. Rarely, obesity is due to a medical problem such as Cushing syndrome (where the adrenal glands produce too much hormone) or hypothyroidism (where the thyroid gland does not produce enough hormone). Conditions such as osteoarthritis cause people to be less active, which can lead to weight gain.
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Obesity: Facts, Figures, Guidelines Overweight and obesity are known risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and other breathing problems, and some cancers (uterine, breast, colorectal, kidney, and gallbladder).
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Hormonal Regulators of Appetite Obesity is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the US and worldwide. Obesity in adults and children increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus [1], cardiovascular disease [2], and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease [3], as well as psychosocial and social disturbances [4].
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insulin resistance Obesity increases your risk for: 1  High blood pressure, 2  High levels of blood sugar (diabetes) 3  High cholesterol.  High triglycerides levels.
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Overweight Obesity-associated morbidity. Obesity is an important risk factor for many chronic physical and mental illnesses that people suffer from. The generally accepted view is that being overweight causes similar health problems to obesity, but to a lesser degree.