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You can lower your risk of several chronic diseases by 80% if you do these four things:
-Engage in regular physical activity
-Eat a healthy diet
-Not smoke
-Avoid becoming obese
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Showing posts with label obesity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obesity. Show all posts
9.02.2009
Four Healthy Choices to Change Your Life
This article was sent to me from my friend Marcy (thank you Marcy)
Obesity & Brain Degeneration
A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the brains of lean individuals, researchers said today. Those classified as overweight have 4 percent less brain tissue and their brains appear to have aged prematurely by 8 years.
"That's a big loss of tissue and it depletes your cognitive reserves, putting you at much greater risk of Alzheimer's and other diseases that attack the brain," said Paul Thompson (ACLU). "But you can greatly reduce your risk for Alzheimer's, if you can eat healthily and keep your weight under control."
The findings are detailed in the online edition of the journal Human Brain Mapping.
More than 300 million worldwide are now classified as obese, according to the World Health Organization. Another billion are overweight. The main cause, experts say: bad diet, including an increased reliance on highly processed foods.
Obesity is measured by body mass index (BMI), defined as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters. A BMI over 25 is defined as overweight, and a BMI of over 30 as obese.
"That's a big loss of tissue and it depletes your cognitive reserves, putting you at much greater risk of Alzheimer's and other diseases that attack the brain," said Paul Thompson (ACLU). "But you can greatly reduce your risk for Alzheimer's, if you can eat healthily and keep your weight under control."
The findings are detailed in the online edition of the journal Human Brain Mapping.
More than 300 million worldwide are now classified as obese, according to the World Health Organization. Another billion are overweight. The main cause, experts say: bad diet, including an increased reliance on highly processed foods.
Obesity is measured by body mass index (BMI), defined as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters. A BMI over 25 is defined as overweight, and a BMI of over 30 as obese.
8.05.2009
The Cost of Obesity
No matter what health care delivery system this country adopts, no matter what plan or series of plans are enacted, it will be bankrupted in no time by the ongoing obesity epidemic if we don't act now.
Spending on obesity-related medical issues jumped 82 percent from 2001 to 2006, with the current price tag $147 billion a year. But these startling stats really aren't that startling when you also learn that two-thirds of American adults and one-third of the children in this country are either overweight or obese.
Fighting obesity is really a public health issue that must be centered in individual communities, workplaces, and schools and involve grassroots action and education. And the initiative must get into high gear now.
We need to create communities where fresh and healthier food, not just fast food, is within easy access, where there are paved sidewalks and bike paths that encourage physical activity, where the opportunity to exercise is more widely available in the workplace. We need schools where physical education is mandatory and playgrounds are plentiful. We need schools that teach our children about healthy eating at an early age (with hands-on vegetable garden "science labs" that excite kids about eating what they grow). And in those same schools we need healthier cafeteria meals and nutritious snacks in the vending machines. Furthermore, we need to encourage busy families to sit down at the dinner table together, even if it's only once a week.
If you find yourself or your family overweight or obese-please take action now for a healthier and happier life!!
Cost of Obesity
Spending on obesity-related medical issues jumped 82 percent from 2001 to 2006, with the current price tag $147 billion a year. But these startling stats really aren't that startling when you also learn that two-thirds of American adults and one-third of the children in this country are either overweight or obese.
Fighting obesity is really a public health issue that must be centered in individual communities, workplaces, and schools and involve grassroots action and education. And the initiative must get into high gear now.
We need to create communities where fresh and healthier food, not just fast food, is within easy access, where there are paved sidewalks and bike paths that encourage physical activity, where the opportunity to exercise is more widely available in the workplace. We need schools where physical education is mandatory and playgrounds are plentiful. We need schools that teach our children about healthy eating at an early age (with hands-on vegetable garden "science labs" that excite kids about eating what they grow). And in those same schools we need healthier cafeteria meals and nutritious snacks in the vending machines. Furthermore, we need to encourage busy families to sit down at the dinner table together, even if it's only once a week.
If you find yourself or your family overweight or obese-please take action now for a healthier and happier life!!
Cost of Obesity
6.03.2009
Obesity Spike
A new study (Gallup-Heathways) shows that the U.S. obesity rate has gone up 1.7% or 5.5 million people!
Now more than 1 in 4 Americans (26.8%) of our population has a body mass index higher than 30 (which is the threshold for obesity)
If you find yourself in this category I urge you to take action and get your health back in order
Now more than 1 in 4 Americans (26.8%) of our population has a body mass index higher than 30 (which is the threshold for obesity)
If you find yourself in this category I urge you to take action and get your health back in order
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