| By J0hn Scott | | | | have instead used it as a motivating force in their |
| Excessive weight problem, or obesity in its | | | | favor. 3. Environment (Where you live, your |
| progressive form, has taken hold of many lives. | | | | socioeconomic status, and your cultural |
| Very few people can honestly say that no one in | | | | background) Technology has made life easier for |
| their family is overweight. What makes this | | | | most of us but it has also been a contributing |
| disease so widespread? Be it a brother, a sister, | | | | factor of obesity. People in rich first world |
| an uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, niece, grandparent, | | | | countries are more prone to being overweight |
| parent, son, daughter, yourself, etc., someone in | | | | than those in the third world. Why? Several |
| almost every family is simply fat; and not just | | | | reasons. We use a car to drive two blocks. We |
| fat, obese. It didn't happen overnight, either. | | | | eat high calorie fast foods and microwave dinners. |
| Society wasn't always haunted by obesity. This | | | | We even use a drive through to get them. People |
| overweight condition gradually made her way into | | | | in third world countries don't have these options. |
| our modern day world and has now become | | | | Cars are a luxury only the elite can afford. |
| mainstream and chronic for many people. The | | | | Drive-thrus are almost non existent. People don't |
| contributing factors to this global overweight | | | | walk or run for the sake of exercise. They simply |
| problem are many and complex. The list of | | | | walk because they have to get from point A to |
| factors could take pages to fill in; however, here | | | | point B or they ride a bike. This type of behavior |
| are just a few of the more intense factors: 1. | | | | forces even the genetically prone to being |
| Overeating (the most obvious cause of obesity) | | | | overweight to burn off high amounts of calories. |
| Now overeating doesn't necessarily imply eating | | | | Many of these people are forced to eat low |
| too much. Overeating simply means that you are | | | | calorie foods because that's the only food they |
| consuming more calories than you can possibly | | | | have, making obesity very limited in these |
| burn in a day. It is the calories and not the food | | | | countries. Why? Because of people's behavior; no |
| that creates obesity. You can realistically stuff | | | | matter how unintentional they may be. 4. |
| yourself all day with low calorie foods and not gain | | | | Behavior (Our actions and our will power |
| a single pound. There are also different types of | | | | contribute to obesity) Overweight people behave |
| calories. Calories from fat burn off much slower | | | | a certain way. We may possibly suffer from low |
| than calories from carbohydrates. But be careful | | | | self esteem. Many times we allow our |
| because calories from carbs do turn into fat if | | | | environment to control the way we live. When |
| they are not burned off fast enough. 2. Genetics | | | | that environment makes everything easy, physical |
| Unfortunately, when it comes to obesity and | | | | activity is greatly reduced and we become obese |
| being overweight, not all of us were created | | | | and overweight. There is a great article about |
| equal. Our metabolisms are very different from | | | | dependence between the problem of excessive |
| one another. Some of us burn fat very easily and | | | | weight and people activity types, and also some |
| some of us don't. It is important to identify where | | | | evidence revealing thee crucial role of behavior, |
| our bodies fit in. Being genetically prone to being | | | | not genetics, in people's getting overweight. If we |
| overweight doesn't necessarily mean we can't live | | | | are able to modify our behavior (i.e. eating habits, |
| healthy lives. It just means we might have to be | | | | physical activity, determination, the love we have |
| a little more disciplined and possibly have to make | | | | for ourselves, etc.) we will be able to control any |
| certain sacrifices that others don't have to make, | | | | of the other factors that contribute to obesity |
| in order to avoid obesity. Some of the greatest | | | | and overweight conditions. |
| bodies out there belong to people that are | | | | The article is posted and written by John Scott, |
| genetically prone to being overweight. They have | | | | the researcher and writer for (Phentermine OPs |
| simply decided that they aren't going to let their | | | | Reports and Discussion board). |
| genetic condition make them overweight and | | | | |