Obesity is a Grave Health Concern
by The heavily processed food on the grocery shelves are contributing to obesity and bad health. We seen to have lost the knowledge of how to make healthy choices. Food manufacturers have ads all over the TV. Children see ads for unhealthy food on cartoons and other shows aimed at youngsters. Obesity is one of our main health concerns today. Diet plays a huge role in weight gain and disease. We have more obese people now than we have ever had before, and it’s due to the heavily processed food we find on the grocery shelves. Our people have lost the knowledge to choose healthy foods over unhealthy food. Or maybe it’s because processed foods are easier to get to the table?
The present health concern for humankind is obesity, and the figures are rising. We are seeing a large number of obese children nowadays that we haven’t seen before. Government surveys show that people today are 10 pounds heavier than just a decade ago. A typical woman in her 40s who weighed 140 pounds in 1960, weighs 155 pounds now. People used to start midlife at a lower weight then lose weight as they aged, but that doesn’t happen as much anymore. We have so many processed foods on the grocery shelves and people are choosing it over healthy food. Chips, Cookies, hamburgers are what families are eating nowadays.
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As we age we lose muscle and muscle burns fat, so we need to choose our food carefully for food value as we get older. Carrying an extra 20 or 30 pounds doesn’t bode well for heading off diseases, and some diseases are linked to weight gain, including diabetes, heart disease and some forms of cancer. We need to choose a healthy diet that contains vitamins, calcium and minerals. But is lower in calories and fat. It’s especially important to cut out processed foods that combine sugar and fat.
We should eat a diet of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, lean meat, fish, and low-fat dairy products. You can start small when changing your eating habits. Load more vegetables on your plate and less meat. Eat skinless chicken, fish or beans in the place of hamburger or pork. Walk 30 minutes every day. taking theses steps for your health can greatly improve your chances of staving off health problems of middle and old age.
Consuming calcium and vitamin D can slow bone deterioration. Once a person reaches the age of 50 the calcium requirement jumps from 1mg to 1,200 per day. You need at least 1000 IU of vitamin D to help the body absorb calcium. Sources for vitamin D include, fish oil, salmon, egg yolks and fortified foods. Good for the old ticker is, olive oil, salmon, herring, walnuts and flaxseed. Margarine, red meats,full-fat dairy and baked goods are harmful because of trans fat.
Another harmful product is high fructose corn syrup found in sodas. Drinking a soda a day boosts a persons chance of having a heart attack by 35 percent. Fructose increases uric acid and triglycerides in the blood which contributes to hypertension and heart disease. It seems as if a healthy diet and plenty of exercise is the way to increase the chance of a longer and healthier life span. Our schools should be educating our children on the benefits of a healthy diet. Parents and their children have fallen through the cracks, and desperately need help.
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Post Commentfaizalhuda
On October 18, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Useful tips. Thank you for sharing
Eunice Tan
On October 18, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Obesity can be annoying. It is really advisable to pay attention on this.
okkhattak
On October 18, 2011 at 10:52 pm
nice tips
LCM Linda
On October 18, 2011 at 11:10 pm
Helpful tips. It is better to eat fewer processed foods, but more vegetables and fruits.
Shirley Shuler
On October 18, 2011 at 11:30 pm
I couldn’t agree with you more Tulan, and I believe there’s some truth, in fact, a lot of truth to what you say, processed foods are easier to get to the table.
Margaret Boseroy
On October 19, 2011 at 12:49 am
Wonderful article full of useful information. Thanks.
lovinglyoursjuny
On October 19, 2011 at 1:50 am
very informative..and it’s true
lovinglyoursjuny
On October 19, 2011 at 1:51 am
very informative..and it\’s true
lovinglyoursjuny
On October 19, 2011 at 1:52 am
very informative..and it\\\’s true
pattiann
On October 19, 2011 at 2:43 am
So true. Very good
lapasan
On October 19, 2011 at 3:30 am
We should minimize eating h processed foods.
ittech
On October 19, 2011 at 10:22 pm
absolutely needs to be dealt with emergency
yes me
On October 20, 2011 at 10:07 am
This is a big problem globally now, could it be the growth hormones? given to the live stock of the world to make them grow bigger…, if so who knows when the lean mean fit, and healthy will return , cheers for that Tulan.
LadyElena
On October 22, 2011 at 8:11 am
I blame processed foods too.