Obesity, overweight and heart problems

obesity and overweight

Obesity is one of the public health problems currently affecting a large number of people worldwide, is an excess of body fat that usually, not always, is accompanied by increased body weight.

obesity and overweight

Overweight occurs when the amount of energy ingested with food is higher than is spent, becoming the body stores fat, the causes of obesity are multiple and include factors such as genetics, behavior nervous system, endocrine and metabolic, and lifestyle that takes.

At the onset of obesity are involved both simple and complex factors are the nature of metabolic, psychological, sociocultural, high-calorie nutrition, sedentary lifestyle and other causes multifunctional.

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