Define Dietary habits factor for obesity?

You are aware that a positive energy balance is one of the major contributory factors for obesity. Some people are in the habit of eating too much food. They may also be ignorant about the caloric values of common foods like butter, cheese, jam or rich baked snacks and desserts, the extra helpings consumed rapidly increase the amount of calories ingested. Sometimes maintaining social relationships also contributes to intake of excess calories. As you advance in age, your metabolic rate slows down and you require less energy to carry out the same set of activities than that needed 20 years ago. On the same diet and eating habits you will definitely put on weight. It is believed that women are more likely to be obese in the age group 40-60 years across all geographical regions. Besides the diet per se, there are certain eating habits which may lead people to obesity, e.g., those who eat food at a very fast rate tend to chew food less and land up eating more food. Similarly, nibbling between meals may contribute significantly extra calories to the total intake than is normally realized. Also, those who tend to eat whenever food of their liking is available or those who just follow meal times even if they are not hungry tend to put on weight. Mothers generally eat leftovers of children because they want to avoid wastage of food, adding on more calories to their own calorie intake.