Obesity in layman’s language is an increase in body weight due increase in body fat.
In scientific language, obesity is determined by Body Mass Index --It is a type of measurement that compares the height and weight of a person and establishes that the person is overweight (BMI is between 25 kg/m2 and 30 kg/m2 ) or obese( BMI is greater than 30 kg/m2 ).
There are many causes of obesity like:
- NO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
- EATING HABITS
- GENETIC FACTORS
- TRAUMA
- ENDOCRINE FACTOR
- PROSPERITY AND CIVILISATION
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