Since the rate of obesity is increasing rapidly worldwide, weight loss drugs are gaining popularity. However, like all drugs, they come with side effects and may not be inexpensive or accessible to all.

But when the world turns to medicine, researchers focus on a more fundamental question: what is the cause of obesity? The causes are diverse – genetics can play a role, but doctors often blame lifestyle. Nevertheless, which part of the lifestyle is more to blame – a bad diet or lack of exercise?

While many people believe that not enough exercise is the main reason, a new study otherwise suggests.

According to researchers from various institutes, including Cambridge University, Stanford University and Bayler College of Medicine, the diet plays a larger role than physical inactivity when it comes to weight gain.

What did the study see

The study published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it has been determined to understand whether obesity is mainly due to people eating too much, or because they are not watering enough of them through activity.

The research team led by Amanda McGruski saw data of over 4,200 adults in 34 population on six continents and more than 4,200 adults.

These included people from a wide range of lifestyle-from Akikari-Aktaris and farmers to people living completely in industrial societies.

Researchers measured how much people spent in total energy (total energy expenditure or TEE), how much came from basic body functions such as breathing and digestion (basal energy expenditure or BEE), and how much was from physical activity (activity energy expenditure or AEE).

He also measured body fat and BMI. Using the United Nations Human Development Index, participants were grouped on the basis of how their countries were developed.

Exercise is not the main criminal

At first glance, people had more energy use in more developed countries – they were burning more calories than physical activity, including physical activity.

They also had body weight and body fat. But that was not the whole story.

After adjusting to age, gender and body size, data showed that people in rich nations were not burning less calories than exercise.

In fact, their activity energy expenditure (AEE) was slightly higher, not less. This shows that lack of physical activity alone is not increasing obesity crisis in those places.

Instead, the study found that the total energy expenditure was only associated with obesity, accounting for about 10% of obesity in high -income countries.

Researchers pointed to another possible reason: the volume of ultra-related food (UPF) in the diet.

People eat more UPF in industrial societies – such as packed snacks, sugars drinks, processed meats and immediate food. These foods were strongly associated with body fat.

The more UPF in the diet, the body was likely to be more than the body fat percentage.

Why what you eat is more

Researchers believe that the way ultra-transmitted foods are made-their taste, texture, high calorie content, and appearance-nature can override and lead to more food.

Processing also makes it easier for the body to absorb more calories than unjust or complete foods.

While the study makes it clear that exercise still plays an important role in preventing the disease and supporting mental health, it highlights that solving obesity crisis means how far people move.

Currently, after India, after the US and China, the world ranks third in the world and the number of thick individuals.

As the rate of obesity has doubled in the last three decades, the cardiologist Dr. in Akash Healthcare. Sukriti Bhalla said how many people are rapidly tracked in obesity.

“A few years ago, the heart attack had already reduced Indians in the late 50s than Western peers in the late decade of a decade. Today, obesity has pulled that age down by the 30s. It is not just a link. Obesity is not just a link.

Reducing calories from ultra-developed foods, improving access to whole foods, and better understanding how these products affect our body can help address obesity globally.