Hello! I am doing a brochure on Obesity. On one of the panels, I have to include information about the causes and effects of Obesity. Will you please find me some information on that? THANKS SO MUCH!

This is available from a website, but the information is quite clear and available to anyone:

Causes of obesity

Genetics and medical
It means some people are predisposed to storing fat and gaining weight. The medical community are currently researching responsible genes and finding ways to developing treatment. Another reason of obesity is illness or disorder that affects our metabolism – the most widespread is hypothyroidism.

Enviornment and life style
This is a main trigger to emersion of excess weight and obesity. The way modern people are living, especially in cities - serious lack of physical activity, stress and domination of high calorie cheap food in our diet.
Effects of obesity

According to official data, obesity takes away approximately 300000 lives in the USA every year. RAND corporation concluded that obesity damages our health more than alcohol, smoking and poverty. Obesity is a reason to serious health conditions, such as:

* High blood pressure
* Cardiovascular disease
* Heart disease
* Stroke
* Type 2 diabetes
* Gallbladder disease
* Cancer of different body organs
* Osteoarthritis and disability
* Sleep apnea and others

Obesity can heavily affect the state of our muscles and bones, heart and lung. The researches include over 30 medical conditions that relate to obesity. Excess weight can also aggravate most of overall health problems