With the improvement of societies, people tend to live unhealthily such as having an unbalanced diet or a sedentary lifestyle. As a result of that, we are witnessing more and more people suffering from being overweight and also from medical conditions related to being overweight. Despite having an awareness of how obesity could impact negatively on their health, some people are still not changing their way of living due to a number of obstacles. In this essay, I will examine some possible causes of this phenomenon and propose some measures to diminish this issue.