What causes people to become overweight?

Answer 1

Fat people, where to begin... They get fat by eating too much. WHY they get fat is complex and changes with every fat person. They may be in depression and food 'makes' them happy. They might not be able to tell when they are full and don't need to eat. They might not get any exicersise and he have desk jobs or don't do anything with thier kids or thier friends. The reasons are limitless.....

Answer 2

When glucose reaches the small intestine (after being eaten and then digested), it is absorbed through the lining of the small intestine and ends up in the bloodstream.

When the blood contains the right amount of glucose, the hormone called insulin (from the pancreas) stimulates the liver to convert the excess glucose (which is not needed for the moment) to glycogen and store it in the liver.

If then, more glucose is needed in the blood, another hormone stimulates the liver to release the glucose that it had been storing back into the blood.

This is how the body regulates blood sugar concentration.

However, if there is no more space in the liver for more glucose to be stored, any extra glucose is converted to fat and stored in special fat storage cells throughout the body.

Of course there are other reasons for picking up weight such as lack of exercise, but eating unhealthy food (too much glucose/sugar!) can not only cause people to gain weight, but also cause health problems too. This is why it's so important to eat healthily and to keep exercising.

Answer 3

WHAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO BECOME OVERWEIGHT

Well, here are several known factors that tend to combine and cause unwanted weight gain. First, let's look at each factor. Second, let's look at how each factor can be dealt with effectively.

Third, further down this answer you will find helpful lists, plans, diet and eating habits to stop what causes people to become overweight. These will show you step-by-step, at your own pace, how to lose the weight, and how stop the weight from returning.

FACTOR ONE
Eating too many refined processed carbohydrates is mainly what causes people to become overweight or obese. In addition, over-consumption of these foods is a major cause of Heart disease, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, type 2 Diabetes, and many other diet related diseases and conditions.

Moreover, many overweight people (and many normal weight people) both adults and children are addicted to refined processed carbohydrate.

Indeed, most of those foods are deliciously addictive but, nonetheless, we need to learn how to avoid them or strictly limit them apart (from an occasional treat).

An addition to, or an over-consumption of, refined processed carbohydrates, plus a lack of the specific 'fat burning proteins' that control the situation and reverse unwanted weight gain, often leads to compulsive eating, or overeating, food craving for comfort foods, or emotional eating. This can cause people to eat more of those foods, which in turn lead to further weight gain.

An excellent book about the refined processed carbohydrates to avoid, and how to use the specific fat burning proteins, offers both help and a treatment for unwanted weight gain. Written by Dr D. Bradford, it is called Compulsive Overeating Help: How You Can Stop Food Cravings, Food Addiction, or Emotional Eating in 6 Simple Steps!

SOLUTION FOR FACTOR ONE
Avoid or strictly limit refined processed carbohydrate (apart from an occasional treat). These are very high calorie very high carbohydrate foods. Replace the refined processed carbohydrates with more of the 'specific fat burning proteins' and take full advantage of the thermic effect of these nutritious foods to burn more body fat.

FACTOR TWO
What causes people to become overweight when they eat little food or avoid refined processed carbohydrate?

Well, insulin resistant can cause easy weight gain and make it hard to lose weight. Many overweight or obese adults and children have a degree of insulin resistant often without being aware of it. If you have difficulty losing weight despite making great efforts, gain weight very easily, have a long history of dieting, or have a family history of type 2 diabetes, you may have a degree of insulin resistance (which can range from mild to severe). If your parents, grandparents, or other blood relatives are overweight, you may be overweight because of this inherited predisposition.

A high degree of insulin resistance can lead to borderline and type 2 diabetes. Though some people who develop type 2 diabetes actually lose weight, the majority gain weight and continue to gain more weight, while losing weight becomes increasingly difficult.

SOLUTION FOR FACTOR TWO
The answer to insulin resistance is to reverse the condition by counting carbohydrates, including the carbohydrate from natural vegetables and fruits, plus avoiding all refined processed carbohydrates (apart from a rare treat), plus replacing the refined processed carbohydrates with more of the specific fat burning proteins, and, if you are able-bodied, engaging in regular exercise. Once you start to reverse the condition (and it can be reversed in many cases), you will become less insulin resistant.

However, if you have become very insulin resistant you may initially need to count both carbohydrates and calories in order to lose any weight (you should always count carbohydrates, however).

(If you already know that you have type 2 diabetes, or any other known condition or disease, you should first consult with you own physician before changing your dietary or exercise habits.)

FACTOR THREE
Another answer to the question' what causes people to become overweight' is lack of exercise or activity coupled with too many refined processed carbohydrates and not enough of the specific fat burning proteins.

Therefore, if you are consuming more energy (food and drinks) than you are expending (using through physical activity) you can gain weight. Everything our bodies do to stay alive burns energy. Therefore, you need to balance the energy in with the energy out. When you take in more energy than you burn your body will store it as fat. Hence a sedentary or couch potato lifestyle and a diet high in carbohydrates and calories can lead to weight gain and obesity (in all but the lucky minority of people who never gain weight, no matter what).

SOLUTION TO FACTOR THREE
If you are able bodied, and not too overweight to exercise comfortably, you should engage in cardiovascular (cardio) exercise and strength training if possible (and change your eating habits by following the guidelines outlined on this page). You will then have the best possible combination of exercises for health and weight loss. Weight loss is only one of the many health benefits of strength training. Strength training builds muscle and muscle is your metabolic furnace that burns calories 24 hours per day and not just when you are exercising.

However, if you become too overweight or obese it is difficult to exercise comfortably. In which case, first lose some weight by following the dietary guidelines outlined on this page, or in the book mentioned earlier in this answer, and then add exercise.

Important point in relation to what causes people to become overweight: For people who are physically handicapped or not able-bodied, you can still achieve excellent results and lose body fat (it may simply take longer), without exercise, again by following the dietary guidelines outlined on this page, or in the book mentioned earlier in this answer

There are many different kinds of cardio exercise such ascross-country skiing, trampolining, minitrampolining, Nordic walking, aerobic dancing, brisk walking, jogging, or running, on a treadmill or outdoors, rowing, and aerobic dancing. Any activity that increases your heart and respiration rates is cardio exercise. There are different degrees of cardio from mild to intense. It is helpful to divide them into mild and intense.

Intense cardio exercises include running, interval training, and graded exercise protocol. An example of mild cardio exercise is brisk walking. If you are new to exercise or too overweight, you might prefer to start with mild cardio and then move on to intense cardio after losing some weight. At the bottom of this answer, there are three free cardio exercise plans, two mild and one intense.

FACTOR FOUR
A further cause of what causes people to become overweight is compulsive eating, overeating, emotional eating, or addictive eating. If you are feeling stressed or depressed, the comfort foods that you reach for are usually refined processed carbohydrates.

SOLUTION TO FACTOR FOUR
Read the book suggested earlier in this answer, which you can borrow or buy from Amazon.

Alternatively, try an exercise program. For some people, exercise can release endorphins that lift ones spirit and improves ones mood. Also, try meditation. Meditation can give some people tranquility and peace of mind. It is not a religion. It is simply a breathing practice. A particular type of meditation, namely, Zen meditation is called 'zazen.' It is easy to learn. It's the simplest kind of meditation.

WHAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO BECOME OVERWEIGHT, SUMMARY:
Overall, the major cause is over-consumption of refined processed carbohydrate, not enough of the specific fat burning proteins, and too little activity. As deliciously addictive as refined processed carbohydrates are our bodies do not flourish on these foods because our ancestors did not evolve eating such foods. Hence, our bodies were not designed for these foods.

From around two-and-one-half million years ago until the Agricultural Revolution, around ten thousand years ago, grains (and all the other refined processed carbohydrates) were not consumed by our ancestors. Many people have a problem with these foods because our bodies are extremely similar to the bodies of our ancestors.

In fact, less than 1/10th of 1% of our genes have changed in the last 10,000 years. In terms of evolution, it is not that long ago!

Diseases, often referred to as diseases of Western civilization, such as the ones mentioned earlier in this answer, became pervasive in developed countries in the twentieth century primarily because of a diet high in refined processed carbohydrate.

Many overweight or obese people do extremely well by avoiding these foods (apart from an occasional treat). For more information about what causes people to become overweight and how to cure it, study the pages listed below.

So, for the lists, plans, diets, and detailed information, use the page link given below.

1. COMPULSIVE OVEREATING HELP: HOW YOU CAN STOP FOOD CRAVINGS, FOOD ADDICTION, OR EMOTIONAL EATING IN 6 SIMPLE STEPS!
2. REFINED PROCESSED CARBOHYDRATES (avoid or limit apart from an occasional treat)
3. FAT BURNING FOODS and more about the thermic effect of these foods
4. MILD CARDIO EXERCISE PLAN 2 (the slightly harder plan & MILD CARDIO Plan 1 (the easier plan)
5. INTENSE CARDIO EXERCISE PLAN 3
6. STRENGTH WEIGHT TRAINING EXERCISES (for males or females, beginners or intermediates)
7. LOW CARBOHYDRATE FOOD/DIET AND HOW MANY CALORIES PER DAY FOR WEIGHT LOSS

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What causes people to become overweight, statistics: obese people outnumber the overweight.