Social determinants of obesity

Human body weight
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General concepts Obesity (Epidemiology) Overweight Underweight Body shape Weight gain Weight loss Gestational weight gain Diet Weight management Overnutrition Childhood obesity (Epidemiology)
Medical concepts Adipose tissue Classification of obesity Exercise paradox Genetics of obesity Metabolic syndrome (Epidemiology of metabolic syndrome) Metabolically healthy obesity Obesity paradox Set point theory
Measurements Body adiposity index Body mass index Body roundness index Body fat percentage Body Shape Index Corpulence index Lean body mass Relative Fat Mass Waist–hip ratio Waist-to-height ratio
Related conditions Diabetes (Type 1) Eating disorder (Anorexia • Bulimia • Binge eating disorder) Food addiction Hyperthyroidism Malnutrition RED-S Starvation (Starvation response) PCOS
Obesity-associated morbidity Arteriosclerosis Atherosclerosis Fatty liver disease GERD Gynecomastia Heart disease Hypertension Obesity and cancer Osteoarthritis Prediabetes Sleep apnea Type 2 diabetes
Management of obesity Anti-obesity medication Bariatrics Bariatric surgery Dieting (List of diets) Caloric deficit Exercise (outline) Liposuction Obesity medicine Weight loss camp Weight loss coaching Yo-yo effect
Social aspects Comfort food Fast food (Criticism) Fat acceptance movement Fat fetishism Health at Every Size Hunger Obesity and the environment Obesity and sexuality Sedentary lifestyle Satiety value Social stigma of obesity Weight cutting Weight class

While genetic influences are important to understanding obesity, they cannot explain the current dramatic increase seen within specific countries or globally.^[1] It is accepted that calorie consumption in excess of calorie expenditure leads to obesity; however, what has caused shifts in these two factors on a global scale is much debated.

^ Yach D, Stuckler D, Brownell KD (2006). "Epidemiologic and economic consequences of the global epidemics of obesity and diabetes". Nat. Med. 12 (1): 62–6. doi:10.1038/nm0106-62. PMID 16397571. S2CID 37456911.