understand easily with pictures what causes obesity

1. The Causes of Obesity

2. Outline of the presentation
1. What is Obesity ?
2. What Causes Obesity
3. The Distribution of Obesity in the World
4. Health Risks Caused by Obesity
5. Measurement of Obesity
6. Prevention of Obesity
7. Reference

3. 1. What is obesity ?
• A person has accumulated so much
body fat that it might have a
negative effect on his health.
• Having excess body fat, people who
are obese have a higher chance for
health problem.

4. The difference b/w overweight and
obesity
 Overweight: is a condition that in
which person’s weight is 10%-20%
higher than the normal
 Obesity: is a condition also that in
which person’s weight is 20% and
above higher than the normal

5. 2. What causes the obesity?
 The most common
causes of obesity are:
1. Overeating
2. Inactive lifestyle
3. Genetic factors
4. Medication

6. 3. The distribution of obesity in the world
 This is world’s fattest
countries which their
people is obese.

7. Every three children in America one is
obese or over weight
That is mean ¾ of American population will
become obese or overweight in 2020

8. Southeast Asia Statistics

9. Malaysia has the Highest Obesity Rate of
Southeast Asia

10. 4. Health risks of overweight and
obesity
1. High blood sugar

11. 4.1 health risks
2. High blood pressure

12. 4.2 health risks
 3. high blood cholesterol

13. 4.3 health risks
 4. heart attack

14. 5. The measurement of obesity
 The most common method
of measuring obesity is
called BMI(body mass
index).
 This is the formula that give
you either you are obese or
not.

15. 5.1 consequences(results)

16. 6. Prevention of obesity
1. Avoiding fast food

17. 6.1 prevention of obesity
2. Limit Inactive Lifestyle

18. 6.2 prevention of obesity
3. Eat healthy food

19. 6.3 prevention of obesity
4. Physical activities:
 you need at least 30
min of walking every
day or 2 hrs. of
physical exercise every
week

20. Reference
 www.medicine.com
 www.webmed.com
 WHO page
 www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/obe/causes