Social determinants of obesity

Rush hour in Copenhagen, where 62% of the population commute by bicycle to their work or study places each day

While genetic influences are important to understanding obesity, they cannot explain the current dramatic increase seen within specific countries or globally.[1] It is accepted that calorie consumption in excess of calorie expenditure leads to obesity; however, what has caused shifts in these two factors on a global scale is much debated.

  1. ^ Yach D, Stuckler D, Brownell KD (2006). "Epidemiologic and economic consequences of the global epidemics of obesity and diabetes". Nat. Med. 12 (1): 62–6. doi:10.1038/nm0106-62. PMID 16397571. S2CID 37456911.

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