Chili itself generally does not cause obesity, but and chili together with the oil seasoning, food eating too much may be fat.
Chili itself contains low energy, to chili (green, pointed), for example, per 100g edible part of the chili energy content is only 133 kJ, simply eat chili generally does not cause obesity. But chili peppers are often cooked with other foods, such as fried with oil into chili oil, or with sugar made of sweet and spicy sauce, etc., increasing the heat of food intake.
And chili pepper belongs to the spicy stimulating food, can stimulate the appetite to a certain extent, increase the amount of food, thus increasing the energy intake, when more than the body’s consumption of energy, may cause obesity. So when it is necessary to maintain weight or lose weight, you need to pay attention to the total calorie intake in food throughout the day.