The Psychology of Obesity

To further understand this topic let us first have an overview about obesity and its causes. According to George A. Reichard Jr. obesity is the result of excess caloric intake or an inherent metabolic aberration has long been debated. He classified the disease into two major categories, as mentioned above it is the regulatory and metabolic. According to Reichard, regulatory obesities are those induced by surgical or chemical destruction of certain areas and obesity. However, metabolic obesity is characterized by the fact that it is the result of an inborn error of metabolism and, when compared with regulatory obesity, stands in striking contrast to it. The two classifications seem to be very obvious, something that blames the chemicals

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