Factors Affecting Human Body Weight This paper discusses the problems with overweight and obesity. Americans are grossly overweight. This is causing not only American adults to be obese, but also the children. Three factors in obesity are food calories, exercise, and genetics. Genetics is only a problem if the individual allows it to be. The best steps to preventing obesity is to count the calories and exercise regularly. Pages: 6 Bibliography: 7 source(s) listed Filename: 20421 Obesity Overweight Nutrition.doc Price: 53.70