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Obesity means having too much body fat. It is not the same as being overweight, which means weighing too much. A person may be overweight from extra muscle, bone, or water, as well as from having too much fat.

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Is it bad to be a 14-year-old girl that weights 180 pounds?

It is not good for anyone to be overweight, now is the time for you to do something positive about it whilst you are young, it can only get harder as time goes by. Obeseity is almost always the result of excessive food consumption of a poor choice of food, coupled with inadequate excercise. You have to break that cycle, sounds hard ? not if broken down into smaller steps or goals along the road to the new you. Your second step [you made the first when you wrote to this Forum] is to discuss your problem with your parents, older sister, aunt, doctor or teacher, or any responsible person. A load shared is a load spared, just discussing this openly is a another positive step and you will feel a little more confident that you can do it. You are now ready for a sensible diet and excercise regime, see your Doctor for advice. Remember, little steps at first, it would take a lot more than 3mths to reach 180 lbs, it will not come off in 3mths, persevere and once you see it's beginning to work, that joyous feeling is only your first reward.


What causes obeseity?

Refined (processed) carbohydrates, plus all artificially flavoured or colored foods, sodas, and other sugar and fat filled foods are major causes of obesity. Overweight and obesity are the result of a lack of energy balance - that is, a chronic excess of energy intake (food and beverage consumption) over energy expenditure (physical activity). Although some people are more genetically susceptible to weight gain than others, the rapid increase in the prevalence of obesity in recent years has occurred too quickly to be explained by genetic changes and most experts believe it is due to living in an increasingly 'obesogenic' environment - one that promotes over consumption of refined carbohydrate foods, sodas, sugary drinks, and limits opportunities for physical activity. Over eating