The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children. --Tom Vilsack
Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating. --Bob Filner
Sundays growing up was a feast in my home. The extended family came over as our Nanny and Poppy wanted all their children together. It always included bread, pasta, meatballs ( in gravy - red tomato sauce), a main dish, nut platters, fruit platters and then expresso/desert. Entirely too much food for one meal. And this was not the Holidays. I do as I get older miss those days !
I have learned that those refined carbohydrates have lead to family obesity and even death. Just because you were raised to eat this way...YOU DO NOT HAVE TO. Get smart .Be well informed about what you are eating.
1. Obesity affects 50 % of the American population
2. Fat should account for 20-25% in a healthy woman and 17- 19 % in a healthy man
3. At least one-third of Americans are 30% or more overweight
4. More than 60% of Americans are currenbtly on a diet.
5. More than 40 billion dollars is spent on diet aids alone
6. One in every 3 US teenagers are overweight putting them at risk as they get older
7. Obesity increases the risk of premature death, heart attacks, strokes ( and all other cardiovascular diseases) , gallbladder disease, osteoporosis and certain typoes of cancer
8. Apple shape in the mid section can indiucate a medical issue versus a pear shaped in the mid section
9. We have an obesity epidemic
THE FACT IS THAT AMERICA IS FAT.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.
MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON DISEASE PREVENTION WHICH PRIMARILY SHOULD INCLUDE DIETARY AND EXERCISE LIFESTYLE CHANGES
Until tomorrow...