Régime alimentaire

Research has shown that there are more than 100 different factors that can contribute to weight gain. At the individual level, these factors include genetics, other health problems, medications, mental health, sleep, poverty or the environment. On a broader level, they include changing values in societies and communities, lifestyle patterns at work and at home, food production and prices, transportation infrastructure, and access to...

Obesity is the most common metabolic disease in the Western world and in developing countries. In fact, it leads to estimated socioeconomic costs of between 2% and 7% of health care items per se and related diseases. Therefore, we must not underestimate the dangers of obesity. People with obesity have, for example, a high risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, gallstones, shortness of breath...