Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

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    • Understanding how people become obese or overweight in the first place is an important step toward breaking the cycle. Most cases of people’s obesity are caused by eating too much and exercising too little. People need enough food to support healthy and development. But when they take in more calories than they burn throughout the day, the result is weight gain.

      Many factors contribute to this growing imbalance between calories in and calories out:

      • Busy families are cooking less and eating out more.
      • Easy access to cheap, high-calorie fast food and junk food.
      • Food portions are bigger than they used to be, both in restaurants and at home.