Obesity - Are People Really Going to Change?
Obesity is an epidemic! We have all seen the statistics about the global obesity situation.
The alarm bells have been sounded and we are told this global epidemic is going to get worse before it ever gets better.
Lets take a look at the situation and facts According to World Health Organization (WHO) there are approximately 1.
6 billion overweight or obese people in the world; as compared to a total population of 6.
8 billion globally.
The WHO has projected that by 2015, almost 2.
3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese.
The latest statistics in the USA show that Obesity rates have reached epidemic levels with 58 million being overweight; 40 million considered obese; and 3 million morbidly obese.
This means that eight out of ten people over the age of 25 are overweight.
It is also estimated that in the USA alone more than $30 billion a year is spent on weight loss products and diet programs, with one in three adults reportedly trying to trim pounds.
But despite all this effort the statistics is indicating that the obesity numbers continue to rise.
What about all these diet programs? There are an overwhelming number of diet programs, meal replacements and dietary weight loss supplements on the market today.
The common theme that you will find among most of them is that they will get you to eliminate something from your diet; and it's easy to see that each of them is conflicting from the next.
With people eating less, it may come as no surprise that they we are also missing out on vitamins and minerals; including amino acids, enzymes and other nutrients.
By eliminating and avoiding any one of these nutritional needs you may lose weight but at the risk of putting your health in great danger.
Is our health really at risk? To further compound the problem researchers point to obesity and overweight as posing a major risk for chronic diseases; including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke, and certain forms of cancer.
In the US alone there is a 76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30 to 40 years old since 1990.
What are we doing to our children? The latest research is now telling us that our obesity epidemic has now spilling over to the younger generation.
We are seeing an increase in obesity and cardiovascular problems among the youth.
Are things going to get better? It is with no doubt that there is a greater awareness today among the general global population as to the obesity problem.
With the media coverage and television shows it is believed by some that we will, as a whole, continue to make the necessary dietary and lifestyle changes.
As a result, the world will overcome obesity and reverse these related disease conditions.
Let me ask you a few questions to think about...
)? What do you think? Have YOU changed? Are YOU going to change? I want to hear your opinion.
Come visit my Blog and 'weigh in' on this subject.
Doug Collins, C.
N.
C.
Certified Nutrition Consultant Riverview, New Brunswick
The alarm bells have been sounded and we are told this global epidemic is going to get worse before it ever gets better.
Lets take a look at the situation and facts According to World Health Organization (WHO) there are approximately 1.
6 billion overweight or obese people in the world; as compared to a total population of 6.
8 billion globally.
The WHO has projected that by 2015, almost 2.
3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese.
The latest statistics in the USA show that Obesity rates have reached epidemic levels with 58 million being overweight; 40 million considered obese; and 3 million morbidly obese.
This means that eight out of ten people over the age of 25 are overweight.
It is also estimated that in the USA alone more than $30 billion a year is spent on weight loss products and diet programs, with one in three adults reportedly trying to trim pounds.
But despite all this effort the statistics is indicating that the obesity numbers continue to rise.
What about all these diet programs? There are an overwhelming number of diet programs, meal replacements and dietary weight loss supplements on the market today.
The common theme that you will find among most of them is that they will get you to eliminate something from your diet; and it's easy to see that each of them is conflicting from the next.
With people eating less, it may come as no surprise that they we are also missing out on vitamins and minerals; including amino acids, enzymes and other nutrients.
Healthy food is the best way to get enough of these important nutrients," Dr.What we need to do is eat a well balance diet that provides all the nutritional needs of the body.
Michael Dansinger of Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, and adviser for the television series "The Biggest Loser"
By eliminating and avoiding any one of these nutritional needs you may lose weight but at the risk of putting your health in great danger.
Is our health really at risk? To further compound the problem researchers point to obesity and overweight as posing a major risk for chronic diseases; including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke, and certain forms of cancer.
In the US alone there is a 76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30 to 40 years old since 1990.
What are we doing to our children? The latest research is now telling us that our obesity epidemic has now spilling over to the younger generation.
We are seeing an increase in obesity and cardiovascular problems among the youth.
Are things going to get better? It is with no doubt that there is a greater awareness today among the general global population as to the obesity problem.
With the media coverage and television shows it is believed by some that we will, as a whole, continue to make the necessary dietary and lifestyle changes.
As a result, the world will overcome obesity and reverse these related disease conditions.
Let me ask you a few questions to think about...
- Is media awareness, education and television programming enough to get people to change there ways and reverse the situation?
- Will people really make the needed dietary change?
- Will the population as a whole stop eating in these fast food restaurants, remove the high sugar content from their diets, and other fatty food that are consumed on a daily basis?
- What is the global population going to look like in the years to come?
- Will the WHO prediction of 2.
5 billion adults be correct, by 2015? Will you be one of them if you are not already?
)? What do you think? Have YOU changed? Are YOU going to change? I want to hear your opinion.
Come visit my Blog and 'weigh in' on this subject.
Doug Collins, C.
N.
C.
Certified Nutrition Consultant Riverview, New Brunswick
