Lifestyle Weight Gain Obesity is almost fashionable in some European countries and is common enough in the USA to be considered a standard feature of the lifestyle. The tendency in affluent countries is to overeat and drink, accepting both weight problems and disease as a consequence. Affluence, self-indulgence, sedentary occupations, and little physical exercise all combine to produce overweight people with heightened risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. Extra food may be ingested slowly and gradually. Weight is gained progressively often with brief interludes of weight loss on weight-reduction diets, followed by a resumption of steady gain.
Some children get fat right away.
They may be genetically predisposed, but the main reason for childhood obesity is eating too much food. The overabundance of food and the tendency to eat high sugar-fat foods is a lifestyle problem. The majority of overweight children we see are also symptomatic and compulsive eaters. They manifest food allergy-addiction patterns. An overweight child usually becomes an overweight adult.