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Health Encyclopedia: Causes Of Obesity Biological And Medical Causes

Biologic and Medical Causes

Obesity results when a person consumes more calories than energy. Several different factors may influence weight gain.

About 90% of people who lose weight through dieting gain every pound back regardless of their weight-loss method.

Some evidence suggests that every person has an inherited weight range that varies by only about 10% either up or down from some set point. For instance, a man whose "genetically-determined" weight is 200 pounds would tend to swing from 180 t...

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Expert & Community Posts

Fructose and HFCS

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...showed photos of obese mice who were "cured" of their obesity by giving them leptin injections.... Read more »

When It's Not Obesity: Other Conditions That Can Cause Weight Gain

By Dr. Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert

...gaining weight, feeling tired, having changes in bowel habits and feeling cold all the time, get... Read more »

Have Complicated Diabetes/Obesity?? Bariatric Surgery May Help

By The HealthGal , Health Expert

...option, when weighing the inherent risks?? The Obesity Society endorsed this treatment but... Read more »

Bariatric Surgery: Is it for you?

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...Americans continue to struggle with the problem of obesity. Some look for hope in the form of... Read more »

Are You a Candidate for Obesity Surgery? Part 2

By Dr. Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert

...higher in the bypass group when compared to a morbidly obese control population. How Does it... Read more »

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Health Guide

Weight Loss Medications, Medicines & Products

...effect is oily leakage of feces from the anus. Restricting fats can reduce this effect. People with bowel disease should probably avoid it. In spite of these side effects, most patients are able... Read more »

Surgery for Weight Loss

Other TreatmentsSurgical procedures for obesity may be appropriate for some dangerously obese people and may reduce heart problems and many of their risk factors, including high blood pressure, sleep... Read more »

Type 2 Diabetes: Causes - Insulin Resistance

...hormonal secretions in the intestine. The recent dramatic increase indicates that lifestyle factors (obesity and sedentary lifestyle) may be particularly important in triggering the genetic... Read more »

Cirrhosis: Causes

...including systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjgren's syndrome, scleroderma, inflammatory bowel disease, glomerulonephritis, and hemolytic anemia.Autoimmune Hepatitis. Autoimmune... Read more »

Ovarian Cancer: Prevention

...against many diseases and even some cancers, appears to have no effect on ovarian cancer. However, obesity is associated with poorer ovarian cancer survival. Women who are obese also have a higher... Read more »

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Medications

Alli Oral Uses and How to Use

...undigested fat then passes out of your body in your bowel movement. Orlistat does not block the... Read more »

Xenical Oral Uses and How to Use

...undigested fat then passes out of your body in your bowel movement. Orlistat does not block the... Read more »

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