How Genetics affects Obesity

 Many parents associate “chubby” withGenetics is the study of heredity, and according to
being healthy, but it is quite the opposite. Parents alsomedhelp.org, is the process by which parents pass
believe that children while growing will lose the excesscertain of their genes to their children. These include
weight, which although true in some cases can causeappearance, height, hair color, skin color, and eye
serious conditions to develop, including diabetes in thecolor. Other factors that are affected by heredity
interim. The chances of weight loss depends on theirinclude medical conditions, mental abilities, natural
diet, and their levels of physical activity, as they gettalents 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 Obesitysignificantly increase the chances of personal weight
 Some obvious factors that cause obesity aregain, 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 toand behavior combined, are important factors that
overeating. Obesity can be caused by genetics, whichleads 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 thatenvironmental factors within and around us affect
their offspring will also face the same problems,our lives.
which makes solving the problem much harder.