Table 5. Mean agreement rate for each potential cause of obesity.
| Scale | Mean (SD) |
| Internal | |
| Lack of activity behavior | 4.24 (0.78) |
| Eating too much | 4.11 (0.88) |
| Lack of willpower | 3.46 (1.04) |
| Total Scale | 3.94 (0.65) |
| External | |
| Cultural influences | 2.52 (1.02) |
| Social environment | 3.33 (0.99) |
| Errors in upbringing | 3.20 (1.08) |
| Misleading advertisement and product labeling | 3.14 (1.16) |
| Abundance of food | 3.26 (1.12) |
| Total Scale | 3.09 (0.69) |
| Genetics | |
| Genetic Factors | 3.00 (0.98) |
| Endocrine and metabolic factors | 3.13 (1.05) |
| Total Scale | 3.06 (0.87) |
SD – Standard Deviation.
Causal Attributes was from 1 = not important at all to 5 = highly important.