OBESITY: A HEALTH AND SOCIAL PROBLEM

1. PREVENTION

1.1. GOOD FEEDING

1.2. PHYSICAL EXERCISE

2. HEALTH AND SOCIAL COSTS

2.1. 30,000 PREMATURE DEATHS

2.2. 3.3 TO 3.7 BILLION POUNDS

3. ENVIRONMENT

3.1. MICROENVIRONMENTS

3.1.1. SCHOOL

3.1.2. PLACE OF WORK

3.1.3. HOME

3.2. MACRO ENVIRONMENTS

3.2.1. HEALTH AND EDUCATION

3.2.2. GOVERNMENT POLICY

3.2.3. SOCIETY,ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS

3.3. HEALTH

3.3.1. PHYSICAL DESIGN

3.3.1.1. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUCTION

3.3.2. SOCIO-CULTURAL NORMS

3.3.3. ECONOMIC SITUATION

4. TREATMENT

4.1. PHARMACOLOGY

4.2. EDUCATIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTIONS

5. INFLUENCE

5.1. SITUATION GENETIC AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS

5.2. ENVIRONMENT

6. CAUSES

6.1. POOR NUTRITION

6.2. LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

6.3. HORMONAL PROBLEMS