Causes of obesity
Gender factor
Generally speaking, women have a greater chance of becoming obese than men. This is based on three considerations. Women's fat cells themselves are more than men; women take birth control pills cause higher levels of estrogen in the body, promoting the synthesis of body fat; women are less active than men, calorie consumption is also less than men.Genetic factors
Obesity caused by genetic factors can be shown in that genes for the amount of body fat, there is the same family people often have the same habits of life, eating habits, they like to eat food containing a lot of sugar, fat. There are some are good appetite from childhood, also like to eat sweets, greasy food, and ignore for the intake of vegetables and fruits, obese from childhood, this may exist from generation to generation genetic obesity may.Environmental factors
The environment for obesity is also has the influence which cannot be ignored. In the war years, the conditions are poor, the possibility of obesity is very small. And now the social environment food supply is sufficient, the environment becomes cold a lot of eating, physical activity reduces and so on the role of the environment, the incidence of obesity is more and more high. There is also an environmental factor is occupation, often contact with food chef can have more eating opportunities also easy to obesity.Diet factors
A person who likes to eat a lot of sweets, high fat, high calorie, snacking, drinking a lot of beer, the possibility of obesity than a balanced diet is much greater than the people. In addition, often like to lie down after the meal, sedentary people, also easy to occur obesity.Exercise factor
Exercise can consume heat, the body intake of heat is fully consumed, also will not accumulate in the body to cause obesity. But now the people of the society because of the physical activity reduction, the development of the transportation, the appearance of various kinds of physical saving tools, calorie consumption is less and less, people are also getting fat. Obese people because of the accumulation of fat, it is easy to restrict the action, activity hindered, the body fat accumulation more and more, forming a vicious circle.Mental factors
Spiritual influence on the appetite of people. A happy mood of people, appetite is also good performance, although eat more will not necessarily be obese, but the calorie intake is a very important reason for obesity. As the so-called "heart wide body fat", it is so from. And on the contrary, a person, often can not eat, but also easy to become thin.Endocrine abnormalities
Endocrine function can affect obesity, if the body insulin, anterior pituitary function is low, hypothyroidism, hypogonadism and so on will lead to body fat metabolism disorder, causing fat constantly hoarded in the body, cause obesity.Health risks of obesity
Obesity and diabetes
Obese people are more likely to suffer from diabetes. This is because the existence of insulin antagonism in the body of obese people, low glucose tolerance, although obesity is not a direct cause of diabetes, but it is an important reason for the occurrence of diabetes.Obesity and high blood fat
Obese people usually contain a lot of fat, sugar hoarding in the body, with the deepening of the degree of obesity, the body's lipid characteristics are cholesterol, triglycerides significantly increased, lipid metabolism abnormal, may also cause atherosclerosis, increase obese people suffer from cardiovascular disease.Obesity and high blood pressure
As mentioned before, obesity causes diabetes because of the existence of insulin antagonism, which leads to the increase of insulin required by the body. Insulin can also because sympathetic excitement, cause blood pressure to rise. Obesity is an important cause of hypertension. Obesity can lead to hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, but also cause respiratory system function, liver, bile and pancreas function, nervous system function, bone and joint and other physical diseases. In short, obesity can bring great health threats to the body.How to prevent and control obesity
Diet treatment
A basic key reason for obesity is that the calorie intake is much larger than the daily consumption. So no matter what method is adopted to prevent obesity, we cannot ignore diet therapy. Dieting: For people with more fat cells in the body, it is easy to develop obesity, but by dieting you can help reduce the reduction of substances within the fat cells. Reduce calorie intake: Obesity prevention can also be achieved by reducing the daily calorie intake. No matter which way of diet therapy above, it is best to be able to carry out under the close observation of a doctor to prevent the body from other health problems due to the lack of scientific nutrition supply.Behavioral therapy
Through the behavior therapy continuously corrects the obese person's life habit, the diet habit also is able to help its prevention and control obesity effectively.Eat less and chew more: food into the intestine after chewing fully can reduce the burden of the intestine and stomach, can also help digestion, reduce food energy hoarded in the body; less meat and more vegetables: many obese people are because they like to eat greasy food and ignore the intake of food containing fiber, resulting in slow intestinal peristalsis, intensify fat and heat hoarded in the body; stop night food: night activity is reduced, if you eat again, there is no place to consume the energy will All converted into fat hoarded in the subcutaneous tissue, resulting in obesity.
In addition to the above-mentioned eating habits, there are less sugar and more vinegar, do not fast food and so on. In addition, life can also be reduced by means of mobility, maintain a cheerful mood, often massage and other behaviors to prevent obesity.
