Evidence Based Healthcare

Gain Weight Issue and Healthy Lifestyle Introduction Weight gain is an issue in the modern society that has affected almost all groups of people in the society. There are several reasons why people gain weight. The main causes of weight gain include depression, unhealthy lifestyle, hormonal imbalance as well as medical effect of certain drugs, such as excessive food consumption. Other factors include slow digestive motility as a result of missing certain nutrients that are needed for metabolic activity in the body; age is another contributing factor that may lead to weight gain (Pool 2009).