Many people underestimate the problem of obesity. They found the whole thing is genetic. Though unfortunately not the case. Obesity is more often caused by unhealthy eating habits and lack of exercise. The following eight simple tips, hopefully useful to overcome them.
According F.G. Winarno, a senior scientist from the IPB (Institut Pertanian Bogor), maintaining a healthy weight should have been started since the baby is born. Infants should be maintained so as not too fat.
Infants and children whose growth is entrusted to the maid usually experience growth too fast, one of whom is too fat. Tragically, many women who would feel happy to see her son once Endut. In fact, children who are too fat, fat cells will have doubled since the baby. The number of fat cells will be maintained until old age. When will mature and eat too much, the cells are easy to extend. Easy to become fat body and later to develop into obesity.
National Problem
In the United States (U.S.), prevention and treatment of symptoms of obesity was very difficult.
Failure levels around 90-95 percent. In fact, the results of research by the National Obesity Forum shows that based on psychological research, children who are overweight have a tendency to lower rates of happiness, satisfaction, and self-esteem than children of healthy and slim.
Unlike in Indonesia, which has not become a national problem, U.S. health activists campaigning for immediate action to address increasing cases of obesity or overweight. Moreover, after reports that the condition of obesity in the world has reached dangerous levels.
In the data the National Obesity Forum said that obesity is contributing to 30,000 deaths per year, according to news website Gloria Cyber Ministries. Ian Campbell, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said: "Obesity is one big problem and many doctors are reluctant to spend their time and energy to control the obesity rate."
Campbell said, there are many reasons for this problem. For example, many doctors who do not accept or understand that obesity as well as one of serious diseases.
The case of obesity is also a big problem especially in children in countries whose economies have been developed or developing. In Singapore for example, 13 percent of children of school age (6-12 years) are overweight or obese. The same situation happened in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and also experienced the Indonesian community in a prosperous urban areas.
If concrete steps to overcome obesity could not be done, an estimated one in five men and about a quarter of all women are overweight can experience the next three years. Prof. Philip James, chairman of the International Obesity Taskforce, said the most important thing is to tackle obesity in the age of the children immediately.
Triggering Osteoporosis
David Ludwig of the children's hospital in Boston, as quoted by Reuters, found that 57 percent of children consume soft drinks in almost every dish. In effect, they become low in calcium.
A study published in February 2001 for example, to find girls who drink lots of soda will be low in calcium. The impact, they will have osteoporosis in old age.
To avoid the tendency to become obese should be remembered that the fat in most of our dishes will be stored as fat in the body. Thus, body fat can be fast.
Here are some tips that can be done to prevent obesity:
Do not be fried. Cook noodles in water, not fried. So also with rice. Serve the rice is cooked / steamed, not fried. Choosing the meat is also better baked goods.
Chew slowly. Chew food slowly and try to enjoy the food while in the mouth. Thus will lead to rapid gastric satiety and help prevent overeating. Old advice still be followed, chew food at least 32 times before swallowing.
Take a little. Take the first food as little as possible into your plate. Add little by little if still hungry. How this is done so that you do not feel forced to spend the food was at the plate.
Leave the table when finished. Advised to immediately leave the dinner table when you finish and do not proceed with the conversation. This was done to avoid fraudulent or cravings and take food from here and there so do not feel the stomach becomes too full.
Avoid high sugar and fat. Avoid sugared foods and high fat such as chocolate cake, cakes (pastries), animal fats, butter, full cream milk, offal, and others.
High consumption of fruit. Eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, and carbohydrates to keep the number of calories that go to fit the needs.
Beware of soft drinks. Kids who consume sugary soft drinks a higher risk of obesity. American researchers report published by The British Medical Journal The Lancet, U.S. teens need to immediately reduce the sodas and junk foods which harm our health at risk. "We found there was always a soft drink at every meal addition, and the risk of obesity increased by approximately 50 percent," said Ludwig.
Reduce watching TV. "Obesity in children caused by many factors. No emphasis on only one factor, namely soft drinks and nutrition problems, but also habits such as watching television, "said Ludwig. The flood event on television, including cartoons and telenovela, making the children and housewives longer sitting in front of the television while snacking. The situation thus encouraging the body's lack of movement and easily become obese.
Of the 4771 women who studied in Singapore, those who watch television three to four hours a day likely to become obese doubled compared to the group who rarely watched television.