What is causing the epidemic?
A. There is not one single answer to this question. From genetics to politics, or from unhealthy cultural norms to too many hours spent in front of a television, there are a seemingly endless number of factors that are contributing to the rapid spread of obesity. At the simplest level it is obviously a matter of more calories consumed than expended. However few (if any) children, families or communities can control their environments enough to be immune from all the potential risk factors for obesity. That is why broad collaborations like CLOCC are thought to be needed; to facilitate ecologic approaches.
