In Europe, as well as in the United States and many affluent regions of the World, significant portions of the population are already overweight or obese and obesity is increasing in many developing countries. Obesity is one of the main determinants of avoidable ill health and carries significant economic burden. Prevention needs to start early in life, by adolescence, young people who are already overweight are at a high risk of becoming overweight adults. Although genetic factors may influence the susceptibility of individuals to gain weight, there is consensus that changes in lifestyle behaviours are driving the obesity epidemic with people eating more that the energy they are expending leading to unnecessary weight gain. Weight Loss can be achived through a combination of health living (exercise) and diet.

Influences on dietary intake and physical activity linked to obesity are a complex interplay between social, environmental and biological processes.

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