Why We Get Obese and How to Deal With It?

Why do people become Obese? Obesity has become one of the commonest nutritional disorders in the world. Modern industry made high-energy food more available and more tempting. At the same time, we spend more time in sedentary work or in front of television and computers. We become obese when our weight exceeds 120% of our expected ideal body weight. Obesity is more common in lower social classes with less chance of exercise and more intake of high-calorie low-priced food. In people past their middle age, there is a build-up of more weight due to slowing of metabolism, although they maintain a reasonable healthy food intake and average activity. More than half of the middle-aged people are obese. Women are more likely to gain

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