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	Causes for Obesity The causes for OBESITY to date have not been totally understood. However, it is a known fact that there are endless factors which cause this serious disease, some which appear to be very simple and others very complicated. To mention the most important causes, there are the following: GENETICS METABOLICS PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIOCULTURAL SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE NEUROENDOCRINES MEDICAMENTAL HIGH CALORIC NUTRITION MULTIPLE FACTORS GENETICS The genes involved in OBESITY may be considered as predisposed and one or several of them may be acting in conjunction, and these are: METABOLIC Some people handle the use of calories better in order to keep up the body temperature and to carry out the metabolic processes. PSYCHOLOGICAL Recent discoveries have transformed the theory that psychological causes can increase obesity and now consider the psychological changes in obesity as the consequence, not as the cause. Continued

The causes for OBESITY to date have not been totally understood. However, it is a known fact that there are endless factors which cause this serious disease, some which appear to be very simple and others very complicated.

To mention the most important causes, there are the following:

GENETICS
METABOLICS
PSYCHOLOGICAL
SOCIOCULTURAL
SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE
NEUROENDOCRINES
MEDICAMENTAL
HIGH CALORIC NUTRITION
MULTIPLE FACTORS

GENETICS

The genes involved in OBESITY may be considered as predisposed and one or several of them may be acting in conjunction, and these are:

METABOLIC

Some people handle the use of calories better in order to keep up the body temperature and to carry out the metabolic processes.

PSYCHOLOGICAL

Recent discoveries have transformed the theory that psychological causes can increase obesity and now consider the psychological changes in obesity as the consequence, not as the cause.

Continued