Why Am I Obese And Just What Causes Obesity?

   If you ask most people what causes obesity they will tell you that obesity in quite simply the result of eating too much food and not taking enough exercise. But is it really as simple as that?

  In one sense the answer to this question is yes and there can be little doubt that much of the obesity we see today is the result of nothing more than a combination of the modern diet and lifestyle. Fast food, convenience foods, take-away and spending our free time in front of the television or playing computer games accounts for not only much of the rise in obesity amongst adults, but also the dramatic rise in juvenile obesity.