causes of obesity

causes of obesity can be Consuming more calories than you burn leads to being overweight and, eventually, obesity. The body stores unused calories as fat. Obesity can be the result of:

* Eating more food than your body can use
* Drinking too much alcohol
* Not getting enough exercise

An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) may lead to weight gain, but usually only 5 - 10 pounds of weight. Some antidepressants and antipsychotic medicines may also contribute to weight gain and obesity. Genetic factors play some part in the development of obesity -- children of obese parents are 10 times more likely to be obese than children with parents of normal weight.

People who are at higher risk for obesity include:

* Lower income groups
* Former smokers
* People with chronic mental illness
* People with disabilities
* People with a sedentary lifestyle

Obesity term

Obesity is a term used to describe body weight that is much greater than what is considered healthy. If you are obese, you have a much higher amount of body fat than is healthy or desired.
Adults with a body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) greater than 25 kg/m2 but less than 30 kg/m2 are considered overweight.
Adults with a BMI greater than 30 kg/m2 are considered obese.
Anyone who is more than 100 pounds overweight or who has a BMI greater than 40 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese.

I call it my reality check point: It was the second week of may, I was on the train, on my way to school,the weather was warm,breezy abit,a good day so far but as i looked to my right,i saw this man he was about 5/8 weighing about 300lbs, well thats how much he looked to me,but i couldnt say anything but shake my head because at one point in my life i almost weighed this much i was about 14 years old and my highest weight was 250lbs, so i could not judge, all i could think was damn that could be me,taken up two seats,where as someone else can use the other one am using,isn't this being a bit selfish to others, and i remmeber him getting up and it looked like he was a bit out of breath and im like just by getting up its that hard,wow and this other woman just shaked her head and laughed i felt sorry for him, and this when i took control of my life because i didnt wanna be him,i couldnt stand another being in such an unhealthy manner so why put myself through it,so what i did was i went home and i told my mother i wanted to join the gym, at first she was hesitant because i mean the gym is hard work and i had to prove myself by being motivated enough to want to change my life as i told her, so i finally convinced her by just walking up a few flights of stairs, i started heavy breathing, she said i was lazy and i needed to really lose weight so yes i finally had it in the bag, i joined the gym got a personal trainer and i worked out about 3 times a week, and ate healthy, which was hard because i wasnt use to eating things like whole grain, no salt, alil sugar,more water,working out so much to the point i wanna die but then again i loved it because i started seeing changes to my body,and as i got into changing the way i ate i got use to it and that summer i went from 250 lbs to 170 lbs, could you believe i was so proud of myself because i never thought that i could have made it that far, it made me feel so much better about myself, my self esteem went up extremely, and i looked and felt like a 14 year old.