Obesity is a health risk and is a serious cause for many health related problems. Obesity is not result of one night but several causes like less physical work, genes, health related problem may cause obesity..

Causes of obesity:

• Lack of physical activity: Lack of physical activity does not help body to burn extra fat stored in the body and thus results in accumulation of fat which results in obesity. The obesity also occurs when amount of energy a person takes in is more than amount of energy given out.


• Genes and heredity: Children whose parents are overweight and who takes high calories food than in most cases they suffer from the same problem of obesity.


• Health Problems: Obesity may also occur because of hormonal imbalance in the body like underactive thyroid, PCOS i.e. polycystic ovarian syndrome and Cushing’s syndrome which may result in excessive weight gain.


• Drugs and medicines: There are certain medicines like which stops burning of extra fat from the body, holds on extra water and increases appetite and this results in weight gain.


• Pregnancy: During pregnancy women get overweight to proper nourishment and care to the children but sometimes weight gain during pregnancy is hard to lose after birth of baby resulting in obesity.


• Lack of sleep: Studies says that people who not take sufficient sleep at night may gain weight.

There are several other reasons that contribute to overeating of food. You can take proper healthy diet, does regular exercise avoid fast food and fried food to lose and maintain healthy life style to lose weight. But if you are unable to lose weight by other methods than adjustable gastric band surgery which is a type of weight loss surgery is best option for you to lose your extra weight.