As many suffer from too much as too little. A fat body makes a lean mind. Christian Nestell Bovee.
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and increased health problems. People are considered as obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by the square of the person's height in meters. Obesity is one of the biggest problems but there are some solutions to overcome it. There are several causes of obesity such as metabolic as well as emotional factor and the solutions of obesity are to adopt healthy eating habits together with to develop interest in outdoor activities.
One of the causes of obesity is metabolic factor. If some people cannot maintain their weight, they have poor metabolic rate. Heavier people require more calories to maintain their body weights than lighter ones. For example, a middle-aged male weighting 250 lbs. doing minimal amounts of physical activity may require 2700 calories to maintain his body weight. If this person goes on a 2000 calorie-per-day diet, he will lose weight. However, if he stays with a 2000-calorie daily diet, his weight will stabilize because his metabolic rate will gradually decrease. When this man reaches approximately 200 lbs, he will require perhaps only about 2000 calories per day to maintain his new weight. This reduction in metabolic rate is a normal process and takes place in all individuals. Those people having high metabolic rate are prone to become obese and get many diseases. The people who are really at risk are the ones who have obesity in combination with other metabolic health risk factor (Hamer, 2012)
The second cause of obesity is emotional factor. Many obese individuals