Root Causes of Obesity

By |2014-11-20T09:30:16-05:00November 20th, 2014|Categories: Exercise, Nutrition|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Root Causes of Obesity

The causes of obesity have been recognized and are largely related to environmental susceptibility to gain weight due to increased energy intake and reduced energy expenditures as well as genetic predisposition. Contributors to the obesogenic environment since the 1980's are the abundance of high-caloric density, low-quality food and under activity. All of this leads to increased body [...]