Introduction to Obesity

Obesity is what we call too much unnecessary fat in one’s body. It is turning into one of the major problems of the civilized world. There are three levels of obesity known to medical science are: enviable, laughable and pitiable. People, who are slightly overweight normally have round, smooth and beautiful faces. Then again, the concept of beauty changes from time to time. This is called enviable obesity. If such a person were to put on a little more fat he or she would begin to look ugly. People start to laugh at them, so this is the laughable stage. Then again there are those who are so bulky, they cannot move their bodies and require help even to get in and out of the body; naturally, the is a pitiable stage.

Too much unnecessary fat build up makes a person obese. This could be due to several causes. Some of these instances could be the result of an organic cause, such as thyroid hormone deficiency, excessive adrenal cortisone or female sex hormones. Sometimes it can be the result of damage to a part of the lower brain that is in charge of hunger and satisfaction. However, not nearly all of cases fall under this class. The biggest reason for obesity is clearly known to be due to the result of modern lifestyle.

Factors in the modern life style contributing to obesity

The human body is like an elastic bag. If you put inside a bag high calorie food should be proportionate to what you remove from it. This is energy and heat by way of exercises. This eventually determines the size of the bag. In today’s sedentary lifestyle with advanced technology and terribly hectic schedules life has become easy going, so to speak, at least physically. Hence there is hardly time or need for any physical work. Most folks are involved with mental work. This consumes far less calories than muscular activity like walking, running, playing etc. The result is obesity.