How does someone get fat from having hormonal issues? Where does the fat comes from?

Question

As of my current understanding, you need calories to get fat, how can some hormonal issues lead to weight gain? Where does all the energy comes from?

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Answer 1

Hormonal problems such as insulin resistance and skewed levels of estrogen/testosterone also affect the way your body stores energy. Different things can cause your body to put more away as fat, have problems processing glucose into the muscles so more gets stored as fat, etc. These factors also affect where on the body fat is stored.