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Obesity is a medical condition when a person is overweight that affects his or her overall health. This often leads to serious illnesses such as heart disease and stroke. One of the major causes of obesity is having poor eating habits.

Eating too fast without chewing food properly makes people to still feel hungry and want to consume more food than what the body needs. This is one of the most common reasons some people overeat. Having frequent snacks also contributes to weight gain. Portions of food, no matter how small, accumulate which adds up to the total amount of calories present in one’s body. When done continuously, this could lead to having excessive calories. While other people think skipping breakfast helps them lose weight, it actually gives an opposite effect. Not eating breakfast intensifies the feeling of hunger at lunchtime. This boosts one’s absorption of food which causes the absorbed food to turn into fat. Consuming foods with too much sugar is also not a good practice. When sugar is digested, some parts enter the blood vessel and form blood sugar. Later on, this will make a person become fat.

Obesity is a growing health problem across the globe. Choosing a healthy lifestyle that includes following a balanced diet and staying physically active can help prevent this problem.