The Most Significant Causes of Weight Gain and Obesity

Stress Or Boredom

Stress has a tendency to completely take over an individual's life. It can also cause obesity and several other serious health issues if individuals are not careful. One of the body's natural responses to stress or boredom is to head to the kitchen for a snack. This snack is often eaten when individuals are not even hungry. Eating the snack is just a way to pass some time. This would not be a major issue if an individual were to choose a healthy snack, but that rarely happens. In addition to poor eating habits, stress also disrupts an individual's metabolism. The body burns fewer calories throughout the day when individuals are overly stressed. It is only a matter of time, then, before they gain a lot of weight when stress is causing them to eat a lot of food with a slower metabolism.