OBESITY AND YOU

This blog has been setup to give advice to those who have the problem of being fat. It is just a remedy I thought up in my bedroom one night so I decided to setup a blog for it.
Now this blog is not meant for all who are fat and can be cured through the conventional way, this blog is for those who have tried everything but still remain the same way they are “FAT”. You have the choice to go along with it or not; it is just a piece of advice take it or leave it, I know how frustrating it is for you trying to shed all those weight but could not.
Here is the remedy I have for those who wants to shed some weight, I suggest you should visit AFRICA where it is always hot now you must think I am nuts but let me put it straight this way, have you ever tried to empty a whole can of butter into a frying pan that is set to a certain degree on a gas cooker, the solid butter becomes liquid in just a twinkle of an eye.
For those who are bulky remember that it is fat that is behind those skin, so what you should do is burn those fat in you and the only way to do that is to visit Africa. It is a solution to the problem of those suffering from obesity, when you get to Africa please make sure you do not buy a car, take a cab or taxi in fact your only means of transportation should be your leg but there is one place you should not visit in the whole of Africa and that is south Africa. At least walk a kilometer every day and I assure you that you will gain that weight loss you have been looking for.
Remember this, obesity increases the risk of heart disease and I am certainly sure that you won’t want to be a victim of sudden death.

Childhood obesity

What can be done?

Obesity among children has reached epidemic proportions in many countries. The World Health Organization says that worldwide an estimated 22 million children under the age of five are overweight.
A national survey in Spain revealed that 1 out of every 3 children is either overweight or obese. In just ten years 1985 – 1995, childhood obesity tripled in Australia. In the last three decades, obesity is also extending to developing countries. According to the International Obesity Task Force, in some parts of Africa, more children are affected obesity than malnutrition. In 2007, Mexico occupied second place in the world, behind the United States, for childhood obesity. It is said that in Mexico City, 70% of the children and adolescents are either overweight or obese. Pediatric surgeon Dr. Francisco Gonzalez warns that this may be the first generation to die before their parents from the complications of obesity.
What are the complications? Three are diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
These are health problems formerly considered characteristic mostly of adults. According to the U.S. Institute of Medicine, 30 percent of the boys and 40 percent of the girls born in the United States in the year 2000 have a lifetime risk of being diagnosed with obesity related type 2 diabetes.
Surveys show an alarming trend among children. Climbing rates of obesity are leading to climbing rates of high blood pressure. Unless this upward trend in high blood pressure is reversed, we could be facing an explosion of new cardiovascular disease cases in young adults, warns Dr. Rebecca Din-Dzietham of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.

Contributing Factors

What is behind this global epidemic of childhood obesity? While genetics can be a predisposing factor, the alarming increase in obesity in recent decades appears to indicate that genes are not the only cause. Stephen O’Rahilly, professor of clinical biochemistry and medicine at Cambridge University in England, declares: Nothing genetic explains the rise in obesity. We can’t change our genes over 30 years.
Commenting on the causes, the Mayo Clinic, in the United States says: “Although there are some genetic and hormonal causes of childhood obesity, most excess weight is caused by kids eating too much and exercising too little.” Two examples illustrates the changing trend in eating habits today.
First, as working parents have less time and energy to prepare meals, fast food has increasingly become the norm. Fast-food restaurants have sprung up all over the world.
One study reported that nearly a third of all children in the United States aged 4-19 eat fast food every day. Such foods are typically high in sugar and fats and are offered in temptingly large sizes.
Second, soft drinks have replaced milk and water as the beverage of choice. For example, Mexicans spend more each year on soft drinks, particularly cola, than on the ten most basic foods put together. According to the book Overcoming Childhood Obesity, just one 600-milliliter soft drink a day can result in a gain of 11 kilograms in a year!
As to the lack of physical activity, a study carried out by the University of Glasgow in Scotland fount out that the average three year old engages in “moderate to vigorous activity” for only 20 minutes a day. Commenting on that study, Dr. James Hill, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Colorado, said: “The increasingly sedentary nature of U.K children is not unique and is being seen in most countries around the world.”
What can parents do?
1. Buy and serve more fruits and vegetables than convenience foods.
2. Limit soft drinks, sweetened beverages, and high fat sugary snack foods. Instead, offer water or low fat milk and healthful snacks
3. Use cooking methods that are lower in fat such as baking, broiling and steaming instead of frying.
4. Serve smaller portions
5. Avoid using food as a reward or as a bribe
6. Do not allow children to skip breakfast. Skipping it may lead to overeating later
7. Sit at the table to eat. Eating in front of a T.V or a computer screen promotes consumption and lessens awareness of feeling full.
8. Encourage physical activity, such as bike riding, playing ball and jumping rope.
9. Limit time spent on watching television, using the computer and playing video games.
10. Plan active family outings such as visiting the zoo, going swimming or playing in the park.
11. Assign active chores to your children.
12. Set the example in healthful eating and exercise.

What is the solution?
Nutritionists do not recommend putting children on a restrictive diet, as this may compromise their growth and health. Rather, the Mayo Clinic states: “One of the best strategists to combat excess weight in your children is to improve diet and exercise levels of your entire family.”
Make healthful habits a family commitment. If you do, they will become a way of life for your children, carrying over into adulthood.

Stay healthy.