Is Obesity Contagious?

วันพุธที่ 11 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2552

Unlike chicken pox, polio, and even the common cold, is not spread by germs in the air superiority, or by shaking hands with an obese person. Although the number of overweight and obese people in the United States keeps rising (the last figures I heard were about 60% of adults and 25% of children), obesity can not be cured by a vaccine. Wash your hands often can not help you slim and trim.

We've all heard a lot of news recently about the bird flu and the possibility ofa global pandemic. A pandemic could kill millions of people around the world, a very short time. Obesity can also a murderer, but may mean to lead a much slower and painful death.

Children who are overweight, are now the development of diseases in the past, were observed only in adults. Type II diabetes was previously called adult onset diabetes because it rarely in children. It is now frequently diagnosed in children under the age of 10 years. Type II diabetes can lead to veryserious health problems, including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, amputation of limbs, and much more. Parents who do not dream about the price of the car when their children are securely strapped into their car seats, they are turning a blind eye to their children's potential health problems caused by poor diet and sedentary lifestyle.

What is the answer? Children need not only temporary diets. Their bones and muscles are growing quickly, and they need good nutritionEnsure proper growth. The best solution is to change a lifestyle.

Start by limiting the time your children watch TV or play video games. Most pediatricians recommend no more than 2 hours a day does the screen time (except for the homework on the computer). Your children will be unpleasant about you? Probably, at least for the first few days, but she'll get over it! Remind them that you love her and she means to love that you sometimes make decisions to make what is best for the basethem and not necessarily what they prefer. Use some of the time that they now spend just about TV for the family with physical activity. Play ball in the garden or park romp with the dog, flying a kite, take a walk or bike ride after dinner. Take the picking of the activity for the day.

Eat more meals at home and limited to fast food or pizza delivery to one or two times a week. Make your pizza with thin crust vegetarian pizza and skip the extra cheese. Stop buying sodas for home use,and drink water, non-fat milk or unsweetened iced tea. Instead of snacking on chips, cookies and ice cream, has been on fresh fruit, low-fat yogurt and nuts. Make sugar-free gelatin with fresh fruit, and top with fat-free frozen whipped topping. Spread low-fat yogurt on a biscuit, chocolate, you add another pirate to make a sandwich, and freeze. The result is a healthier ice cream sandwich. According to other low-calorie snacks in journals or online recipe sites.

IfYou need help, planning, balanced meals, look for programs or web sites, menus, based on the USDA Food Pyramid or consult with a registered dietitian if your family food allergies or diseases, must be limited to certain groups of foods.

If your child is overweight, his primary concern his appearance. This is important, too, are suffering because their self-esteem and confidence because of the teasing and bullying by other children.

Assure him that you want to helpand his lifestyle will be changing the look and confidence at the same time, improved his health improved.

To treat obesity as serious health risk that it is, and let's start a "pandemic" health work for future generations!



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