Why are obesity levels rising?

Answer 1

Obesity is on the increase because people are eating too much and not getting enough exercise.

In particular, many people are eating too many refined (processed) carbohydrates, coupled with not enough exercise.Refined/processed carbohydrates are a major cause of weight gain, obesity, and many diet related diseases. If you are unsure what constitutes a refined/processed carbohydrate, please see the page link, further down this page, listed under Related Questions.

Answer 2

I don't think there's an answer to this, but the lack of physical work required in today's world generally and the abundance of relatively cheap food, usually containing a high level of fats and sugars must have a difference.

If you go back even 30years, we had a much more active lifestyle especially as children, now its all consoles, computers etc and no outside playing which used to burn lots of calories. Hard and fast with fat children is the best sex ever tend to make fat adults.

Answer 3

An increase in the quality of life of Americans has led to a sedentary lifestyle. This means that more Americans can afford entertainment like television and to eat at restaurants more often. In addition, many Americans do not exercise enough.

Answer 4

People are to busy so they just grab cheap fast food on the way home. Most people don't want to cook so they grad something easy like pasta or chicken strips with fries in a bag. Obesity is increasing because people don't care as long as they have their big mac.

Answer 5

Obviously, it's because people of the newer generations lack self-control and imbibe vast quantities of processed snacks. Fast food has become very influential as well, with people resorting to that instead of home cooked meals. Children don't exercise, and therefore don't burn off the fat they so eagerly put on. All of this adds up and you get fat people.