No one is born obese, a baby can be born over weight. For an individual, transition from the normal weight to over weight to obese to morbidly obese and then to super morbidly obese, will take a long time and combinational reasons. The causes of Super Morbid Obesity cannot be explained easily, it is the effect of many causes out of which there are five major causes to look deeply into.
Five Major Causes for Super Morbid Obesity
Caloric Intake
- Morbidly obese individuals consume a huge amount of food calories in a day, that they will not be able to burn off in ten days.
- This is because of their genetic makeup, culture, socioeconomic status, metabolism and behaviour.
- There are many other reasons for the imbalanced calorie intake/ calorie out.
Genetic Factors
- For many individuals it is possible that genetic makeup is the main reason for obesity
- Disorders like Bardet-Biedl syndrome, and Prader-Willi syndrome are the best examples
- Although genetic causes are not the main reason for super morbid obesity, but most of the obese people have it hereditary.
- Adding to this, if the individual has bad food habits and poor lifestyle, it can easily result in morbid obesity
Environmental Factors
The environment (work place, home, and community) will have significant impact on an individual for developing morbid obesity. The reasons are as follow
- The type of foods available for the individual
- Level of physical activity attainable
- Quantity of food available
- Exercising and diet habits the individual may have
- Exercising and diet habits of the people in the immediate neighborhood of the individual.
Psychological Factors
There is a high influence of psychological factors on getting super morbid obesity, few of the factors include:
- Boredom
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Trauma and
- Felling of low self esteem
However, the psychological aspect of super morbid obesity is very difficult to overcome. But it helps the individual to understand the basis for over eating.
Illness
We all know that obesity can be the main cause for many illnesses, but it is also true that certain illness cause obesity. Such kind of illness include
- Hypothyroidism
- Depression
- Cushing’s syndrome
- Some neurological problems
- Use of certain antidepressants and steroids can lead to weight gain.
Latest Obesity Statistics in the United States in 2009:
- Two-thirds of American adults are either obese or overweight, and the childhood obesity rate has tripled in the last 30 years.
- The United States government had to declare Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes as national epidemic.
- 49 states are affected with this problem out of the 50 states in this country.
- 8 of the 10 states affected with obesity are in the southern part of the country.
- In 31 states, the adult obesity rate has now exceed 25 percent and in 49 states it has exceeded 20 percent.
- In 23 states, the statistics are in the rise which not even a single state reporting decline in the rate.
- With 44.4 percent adult obesity rate, Mississippi is at the top of the list of obesity affected states for fifth time in a row.
- Colorado state has lowest number of adult obese rate with 18.9 percent of obese people.
