The choice of foods high in fat content complicates weight loss, too. As with many problems, obesity is caused by the interaction of many factors. Treatment of obesity involves a change of lifestyle and not just of diet alone. Through group or individual therapy, clients must learn how to eat nutritionally balanced meals and to avoid diets or other artificial meal plans. It is important to learn when to eat and to avoid emotional eating.
Emotional eating involves using food to reduce the effect of unpleasant feelings.
It is imperative for such eaters to discover healthy ways to cope with unpleasant emotions. Exercise is extremely important to weight management and general health because it facilitates weight loss through increasing the body's metabolism which helps burn the calories consumed.