- Introduction
- Definition of obesity
- Statistics of obesity
- Thesis statement
- Background
- Reasons why the body stores adipose tissue
- Buffering starvation
- Buffering stochasticity
- Adaptation to cold
- Growth
- Buffering brain
- Reproduction
- Immunity
- Psychological stress
- Sexual selection
- Evolution and obesity
- Developmental and epigenetic pathways
- Developmental mechanisms
- Mismatch pathway
- Prenatal nutrition
- Stresses that influence change in developmental trajectory
- Fetal or infant over-nutrition
- Epigenetic mechanisms
- Genetics and obesity
- Thrifty genotype
- Thrifty phenotype
- Life history theory
- Mortality risk
- Energy availability
- Genetics of metabolism
- Environment and evolution
- Health conditions
- Hormonal problems
- Cushing’s syndrome
- Hypothyroidism
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Medicines
- Anti depressants
- Seizure medicines
- Corticosteroids
- Environment and obesity
- Social Environment
- Poverty causes individuals to purchase high calorie processed foods
- Unsafe neighborhoods discourage exercises
- Expensive gyms
- Lack of recreational facilities and neighborhood sidewalks
- Residing near fast food restaurants
- Economic environment
- Technological advancements
- Increase in the cost of healthy foods
- Increase in income
- Political Environment
- Policies that encourage increase in production of food while reducing cost of food
- Policies that encourage urban sprawl therefore discouraging exercises
- Policies that encourage technological developments
- Bio-cultural sources
- Biological causes
- Hormones
- Dopamine
- Estriol
- Pregnancy
- Age
- Emotional factors
- Stress
- Anger
- Boredom
- Lifestyle
- Ineffective lifestyles
- Quitting smoking
- Lack of sleep
- Alcohol consumption
- Diet
- Oversized food portions
- Consuming fast foods
- Consuming high calorie meals
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