Prevent Obesity >> Towards a Healthier Life

Obesity like the plague of the 20th century, sweeping across the world, poses a serious health problem, and continues to spread into the 21st century.

World Health Organization study shows that the population affected by obesity are suffering more than 1 billion, about one in ten of the world's population, the U.S. alone there are two-thirds of the population overweight, forcing WHO to announce that "If the countries did not take action to stop their citizens to grow horizontally, the consequences would be disastrous!"

Some key facts about Obesity by WHO

• Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980.

• In 2008, 1.5 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight. Of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese.

• 65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.

• Nearly 43 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2010.

• Obesity is preventable.

What is overweight & obesity? Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health.

Body mass index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify overweight and obesity in adults. It is defined as a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of his height in meters (kg/m2).

The WHO definition is:

• a BMI greater than or equal to 25 is overweight

• a BMI greater than or equal to 30 is obesity.

BMI provides the most useful population-level measure of overweight and obesity as it is the same for both sexes and for all ages of adults. However, it should be considered a rough guide because it may not correspond to the same degree of fatness in different individuals.

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Obesity, the reason why it becomes the most significant health enemy, is because obesity is the beginning of all chronic diseases. Besides hypertension, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, ventilation, fatty liver, it also increases the risk of cancer. Colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreas cancer, gallbladder cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, kidney cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, prostate cancer and more than 10 kinds of cancer, are closely related to obesity. Another study found that there is a higher proportion of overweight women suffers from menstrual disorders and menopause earlier. The obese also suffer from the threats of degenerative arthritis and  sleep apnea.

Facts about overweight and obesity

Overweight and obesity are the 5th leading risk for global deaths. At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese. In addition, 44% of the diabetes burden, 23% of the ischaemic heart disease burden and between 7% and 41% of certain cancer burdens are attributable to overweight and obesity. 

Therefore, WHO has developed the 2008-2013 Action plan for the global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases to help the millions who are already affected cope with these lifelong illnesses and prevent secondary complications. This action plan aims to build on, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. The action plan provides a roadmap to establish and strengthen initiatives for the surveillance, prevention and management of NCDs. (Source: WHO: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/)

To maintain a healthier and fitter body in a  long-term, we must have right food and adequate diet, the right and effective workouts, full of high-quality sleep, good physical and mental (Bad temper, and negative emotions makes you fatter). To be slim, we must be the same as the gourmet, to grasp the fundamental focus of the food, i.e. fresh ingredients, full with nutrition and energy. This is also the results that I found out through my many years of healthy dietary life. Top 15 Super Foods & Recipes

Fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts, beans and other foods, contain even more of dietary fiber, low in calories, extends gastrointestinal emptying time, increase satiety, but also reduce the absorption of fat in the intestine, it is a good weight keeper. By adding boiling or hot water to these high fibre foods, then blend it into juices, thick soup which increases it volume, making it easier to make our stomach full. More importantly, high fiber diet may also reduce constipation, help to get rid of the body and intestines wastes. Top 15 Super Foods & Recipes


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