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Contributors to Overweight and Obesity

Overweight and obesity are complex conditions with multiple physical, behavioral, emotional, psychological, environmental, social and genetic components.

The U.S. Surgeon General’s Report to Prevent Overweight and Obesity provide the following description of contributors to being overweight and/or obese:

Text Box: · “Overweight and obesity result from an imbalance involving excessive calorie consumption and/or inadequate physical activity. · For each individual, body weight is the result of a combination of genetic, metabolic, behavioral, environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic influences. · Behavioral and environmental factors are large contributors to overweight and obesity and provide the greatest opportunity for actions and interventions designed for prevention and treatment.”

For more specifics on each of these topics, visit:

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