Obesity

• Obesity can be defined as when a person consumes more calories from food than he or she is able to burn.
• Some may thought that several causes of obesity, such as genetics, medicines, or diseases." It is important to understand that these are not causes of obesity. Instead, they are known as influences or risk factors for obesity. These risk factors increase a person's chances for obesity, but they do not "guarantee" obesity.
• Some of these obesity risk factors include:
  
  Genetics
  Environmental factors
  Social factors
  Illnesses
  Medications.
• Taken from http://weight-loss.emedtv.com/obesity/causes-of-obesity.html