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3. Describe what causes obesity in an individual using the Laws of Thermodynamics and nutrition. Caution: if you want to introduce genetics into this, be careful. Much of the genetics behind obesity is dependent on the "types" of nutrition. Basically, some people have metabolic pathways that are poorly suited for some types of nutrition. Also, the "image of beauty" is not the same as healthy weight and obesity. Yeah, it is complex...try not to be complex. Try to stick with Thermodynamics (aka, Conservation of Energy).

3. Describe what causes obesity in an individual using the Laws of Thermodynamics and nutrition. Caution: if you want to introduce genetics into this, be careful. Much of the genetics behind obesity is dependent on the "types" of nutrition. Basically, some people have metabolic pathways that are poorly suited for some types of nutrition. Also, the "image of beauty" is not the same as healthy weight and obesity. Yeah, it is complex...try not to be complex. Try to stick with Thermodynamics (aka, Conservation of Energy).

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3. Describe what causes obesity in an individual using the Laws of Thermodynamics and nutrition. Caution: if you want to introduce genetics into this, be careful. Much of the genetics behind obesity is dependent on the "types" of nutrition. Basically, some people have metabolic pathways that are poorly suited for some types of nutrition. Also, the "image of beauty" is not the same as healthy weight and obesity. Yeah, it is complex...try not to be complex. Try to stick with Thermodynamics (aka, Conservation of Energy). Obesity in individuals mostly comes from the food that is consumed. In some rare cases it also comes from thyroid issues that the individual is sick with. The laws of thermodynamics include these 3 laws: the first one states that energy cannot be produced or abolished in an remote system, the second one states that entropy of an remote system always surges, and finally the third law states that the entropy of a scheme slants at a continuous cost as the temperature approaches total zero. Obesity is pretty much caused by consuming more calories than the body gets rid of. In the first law of thermodynamics as I've mentioned before the energy is preserved in closed systems and it cannot be shaped or demolished. Once development is finished, any extra energy that is not needed gets transformed into fat. By eating less then needed will lead to the breakdown of this fat for energy
Transcribed Image Text:3. Describe what causes obesity in an individual using the Laws of Thermodynamics and nutrition. Caution: if you want to introduce genetics into this, be careful. Much of the genetics behind obesity is dependent on the "types" of nutrition. Basically, some people have metabolic pathways that are poorly suited for some types of nutrition. Also, the "image of beauty" is not the same as healthy weight and obesity. Yeah, it is complex...try not to be complex. Try to stick with Thermodynamics (aka, Conservation of Energy). Obesity in individuals mostly comes from the food that is consumed. In some rare cases it also comes from thyroid issues that the individual is sick with. The laws of thermodynamics include these 3 laws: the first one states that energy cannot be produced or abolished in an remote system, the second one states that entropy of an remote system always surges, and finally the third law states that the entropy of a scheme slants at a continuous cost as the temperature approaches total zero. Obesity is pretty much caused by consuming more calories than the body gets rid of. In the first law of thermodynamics as I've mentioned before the energy is preserved in closed systems and it cannot be shaped or demolished. Once development is finished, any extra energy that is not needed gets transformed into fat. By eating less then needed will lead to the breakdown of this fat for energy
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