| Many parents associate “chubby” with | | | | Genetics is the study of heredity, and according to |
| being healthy, but it is quite the opposite. Parents also | | | | medhelp.org, is the process by which parents pass |
| believe that children while growing will lose the excess | | | | certain of their genes to their children. These include |
| weight, which although true in some cases can cause | | | | appearance, height, hair color, skin color, and eye |
| serious conditions to develop, including diabetes in the | | | | color. Other factors that are affected by heredity |
| interim. The chances of weight loss depends on their | | | | include medical conditions, mental abilities, natural |
| diet, and their levels of physical activity, as they get | | | | talents and obesity. |
| older, because if unchanged, will only make the | | | | The Center for Disease Control (CDC), for its part, |
| problems worse. | | | | indicated that genes and environmental factors |
| Factors that Causes Obesity | | | | significantly increase the chances of personal weight |
| Some obvious factors that cause obesity are | | | | gain, which leads to obesity. It’s not a |
| overeating, and lack of physical activity. However, | | | | determinant factor for health prospects, but genes |
| emotional problems can also lead people to | | | | and behavior combined, are important factors that |
| overeating. Obesity can be caused by genetics, which | | | | leads to weight gain and obesity. |
| play a major role in the problem of childhood obesity. | | | | We are what we eat and the biological and |
| If parents are obese, there is a great possibility that | | | | environmental factors within and around us affect |
| their offspring will also face the same problems, | | | | our lives. |
| which makes solving the problem much harder. | | | | |