Just as the British Medical Journal identified seven risk factors for childhood obesity, a group of 20 experts has identified the primary triggers for obesity in general, in addition to sedentary living/a lack of exercise and making unhealthy food choices.
If many of them sound very familiar, most are variables I've covered here previously, but you may not have considered them before. Listed below are some of the more interesting markers that widen the causality of obesity beyond eating poorly and a lack of exercise. (Review the free study below to learn about the rest.)
International Journal of Obesity, Vol. 309, No. 11, November 2006: 1585-1594 Free Full Text ArticleNew Scientist November 3, 2006