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﻿ CausesOf Obesity

 __**Diet **__ the first factor contributing to the growth of obesity is diet. society has become increasingly reliant on big-portion, fast-food meals, and junk food. the association between fast-food consumption and obesity has become more concerning. consumption of fast-food meals tripled and calorie intake from these meals quadrupled within the last three decades. also with more calories being consumed over time has grown, the obesity population did as well. when people stop caring what they let into their bodies and what they consume, they tend to grow overweight over time.

A sedentary lifestyle plays a significant role in obesity. Worldwide there has been a large shift towards less physical work, and nowadays at least 60% of the world's population gets insufficient exercise. This is due to increasing use of mechanized transportation and a greater need of labor-saving technology in the home. In children, there appear to be declines in levels of physical activity due to less walking and physical education. People worldwide are taking up less active things to do. In both children and adults, there is an association between television viewing time and the risk of obesity.  __**﻿Genes **__ Obesity is a major feature in several syndromes, like Prader-Willi syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Cohen syndrome, and MOMO syndrome. In people with early-onset severe obesity, 7% harbor a single point DNA mutation. the way your parents genes are also plays a factor in obesity.<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">﻿ __** <span style="color: #00ff46; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">﻿ **__ Stress! __** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**__﻿__**Stress can also play a <span style="background-color: #00ff46; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">major roll in the cause of obesity. when you are worried about too <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">many things at once, aggrivated, too many emotions at once, your metabolism slows down, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">not allowing you to burn off fat and excess calories the way you should. it can also make you <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">eat more frequently.
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