Obesity as a Physiological Disease

Obesity as a Physiological Disease


Did you know that 31 percent of the population is obese in the United States? (USA today newspaper). In these days obesity has been reaching epidemic proportions; As a result, health problems have increased rapidly. Obesity is a medical condition characterized by storage of excess body fat, and it is associated with a variety of physiological problems such as, diabetes, hypertension disease, stroke, arthritis, and some forms of cancer (Heitmann, 1990). There are many causes that can generate obesity in children, men and women of different ages.

As first cause, many people think obesity is caused by eating too much junk food. Actually, they are right but, the biological factor is when a person consumes more calories than the body needs, the body stores those additional calories as fat. Therefore, that causes weight gain, and it makes serious problems to the person’s health. Sodas, snacks, chocolate bars, candy, hamburgers and hot d...