Online Obesity Guide

Causes of Obesity

Just like there is no weight loss pill or single “magic potion” diet plan to cure obesity there is no single cause of obesity.

We are living in an age of two income families, job loss, stress, and time constraints. It makes it difficult to prepare and eat healthy foods. The ad agencies, the big food companies, and the 35 Billion dollar diet plan and diet supplement industries are taking full advantage of the American people’s need for instant gratification.

I used to interview elite bodybuilders on their training and eating for a living and did this for years and years. One reoccurring theme that kept popping up when talk turned to diet/nutrition was how much food top bodybuilders packed away on a daily basis. These men taught their bodies how to handle continually greater amounts of calories without becoming fat. Contrast this with the typical obese person who eats one meal a day and adds body fat at the drop of a hat. I am working with a crew of obese folks and having great success using modified bodybuilder eating tactics to help the obese lose body fat.

Despite a better perception regarding causes of obesity, the number of obese and overweight people is rising at an alarming rate. According to statistics presented at the 14th European Congress on Obesity, more than 300 million people worldwide are affected by obesity. Studies evaluate that obesity rates in Europe have risen 15 percent in the past ten years, while in Japan it has doubled since 1982.

The big concern among specialists is the astounding number of obese and overweight children. In the US for instance, the percentage of obese young population has tripled in the past 25 years.

Health insurance companies raise rates for individuals based on height and weight tables. Even if an obese person is otherwise healthy, insurance companies may deny insurance coverage due to obesity. Losing weight could save individuals a significant amount of money in monthly premiums for medical coverage.

Different insurance companies treat obesity in different ways. They all have strict height and weight tables to apply to individual applicants. These tables are set in stone and individuals are underwritten based solely on these charts. If an applicant falls outside of the limits, he or she may be denied coverage. Some applications require documentation from a doctor’s office or pre-approval phsyical to verify the height and weight of the applicant.

What do I mean by eating unconsciously?

Well basically many individuals who tend to over eat appear to go into some sort of a trance when they are overeating. Another way of saying this is that they are dissociated or not fully present. This is evident by the fact that they cannot truly feel, in the moment, what they are doing to themselves and to their bodies. What’s more many have trouble even remembering what they ate during such periods. Try it yourself and you’ll see what I mean.

Recently, a study conducted at the Boston University Medical School concluded that a very small genetic change in DNA area is the leading cause of obese propensity. The incriminated gene, its name is INSIG2, plays a strategic role in fat production and makes somebody more prone to be obese by simply changing its normal G-status into C-status (the DNA code is made up of four letters)