Question 1

what causes obesity to get worse?

Accepted Answer

Eat more, move less: Anything that causes an obese person to eat more calories or to exercise less will worsen his obesity. Examples: eating as a self-treatment for depression symptoms, eating due to hunger shortly after meals (from high Insulin levels combined with dropping blood sugar levels), not exercising due to being very out-of-shape, not exercising due to being embarrassed by one's public appearance, etc...

Question 2

what's your opinion on causes obesity?

Accepted Answer

Overeating: Consuming a diet too high in carbohydrates, junk food, fast food, inability to control portion size snacking between meals and not exercising.

Question 3

which type of main food cause obesity?

Accepted Answer

Food & obesity: Mainly carbohydrates (bread, rice, pasta, tortillas), fast food, soda, sweets are what i see my patients eating too much of which caused their obesity.

Question 4

what causes obesity? is it genetic?

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Could be.: Genetics can sometimes hard-wire an individual to be prone towards obesity, or at least overweight.  These people will have a harder time losing weight and staying trim.  Outside of genetics, we contribute to obesity in ourselves by limiting exercise and eating foods with high caloric densities and high fat contents.

Question 5

is it diabetes that causes obesity or obesity that cause diabetes or both?

Accepted Answer

Some of both: Type 2 diabetes is highly genetic, but if you were to keep your weight down, you may never get it, or perhaps only late in life.  So obesity contributes to diabetes.  Many medications that treat diabetes tend to make you gain weight (eg. Insulin, sulfonylureas, actos) and if you are frequently hypoglycemic, you will tend to eat more.  So treatment of diabetes can contribute to obesity.

Question 6

we know that obesity can be a cause of diabetes, but can diabetes actually cause obesity?

Accepted Answer

Depends: If you stay on a fixed dose of Insulin and try to eat more so you don't get low blood sugars, then yes, you can end up gaining some weight.  Impt to distinguish the fact that this does not mean Insulin causes obesity (only if excessive Insulin results in overeating)  patients on Insulin should have the dose adjusted to match healthy food intake, not the other way around.

Question 7

please explain if it is possible to suddenly get a metabolism disorder that causes obesity?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but uncommon: There are metabolic disorders that cause obesity;  hypothyroidism, cushing's syndrome.  But most of the time it is not so exotic, but some combination of getting older with naturally slower metabolism, eating more (maybe stressed), less exercise, etc, etc.  See your doctor to get checked out.

Question 8

cam empty sells turcica cause obesity?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Primary empty sella turcica syndrome is associated with obesity and high blood pressure in women.

Question 9

how often does  hypothyroidism really cause obesity?

Accepted Answer

Depends on degree: Very low thyroid function results in low metabolism that can contribute to obesity.  However, obesity is not always present in hypothyroidism as obesity is a factor of other things as well such as the type and amount of foods you eat.

Question 10

low testosterone can cause obesity?

Accepted Answer

Not really: Many things lead to obesity, but testosterone is not by any means the main culprit. However, having said that, a obesity in the setting of low testosterone can be improved by normalizing tesosterone levels and obese men tend to have lower testosterone levels because they convert more t to Estrogens in the excess body fat.

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