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What Causes Obesity?

The causes of obesity are complicated and include genetic, biological, behavioral and cultural factors. Basically obesity occurs when a person eats more calories than the body burns. If the father is obese, there is a 50 percent chance that children are also obese, with both parents obese, children are 80 percent likely to be obese. Although some medical disorders can cause obesity, less than 1 percent of all cases of obesity are caused by physical problems.

Physicists:

Due to video games, TV, Tablet, cell phones and computers, children spend several hours sitting, without spending energy; When not used it becomes fat and accumulates in the organism generating overweight and obesity.