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The
principal causes of the accelerating obesity problem
worldwide are sedentary lifestyles and high-fat, and
energy-dense diets.
The
rising epidemic reflects the profound changes in
society and in the behavioural patterns of communities
over the last 20-30 years. Individuals may become
obese, partly because they have a genetic
predisposition to gain weight readily when they are
exposed to unhealthy diets and lifestyles.
Nevertheless,
the fundamental causes for the obesity epidemic are
changing behaviours and lifestyles, especially diets.
The
problem of obesity has so far been largely ignored as
a public health issue. But the numbers affected are
now so vast that sufferers from obesity problems
already threaten to overwhelm countries' medical
services. Prevention policies aimed at a country's
entire population were therefore imperative; these
could include
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promoting
healthy lifestyles, including diets of lower
energy density (increased consumption of
vegetables, fruits, grains and cereals);
-
increased
physical activity such as walking and
behavioural change, with emphasis on weight
management rather than on short-term extreme
weight reduction.
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