Childhood Obesity - Who is Responsible?

Deciding who is responsible for childhood obesity is a complex problem.  A recent Act passed by the Senate of our country seems to place primary blame on school lunches.  This is something easily targeted by the ruling bodies because they have control over it.  But, HOLD EVERYTHING!  Where do these children eat the other two meals each day and most of their snacks?  Parents can still control what their children eat every day regardless of who controls school lunch menus.  The mandate is more fruits and vegetables and less sugary deserts.  That is very good indeed.  So, what if your child will not eat these the way they are prepared at school, or they do not like and will not eat the particular choices served in school lunches?  The ball bounces right back to parents.  If you are serious about your child's weight and health, you have the right to pack a lunch the night before and send it to school with him/her.  You surely know which fruits and vegetables your child will eat, right?  Send these to school with him because if you send something he doesn't like, he will most likely trade it to some other child who has something he does like.

What does your family eat at home?  This is a healthy life or early death activity every day in our homes.  Most parents do not consider this fact when they buy and serve food at home.  Check with the CDC and other health report sites on the computer to see if I am right.  A fast food and pre-prepared menu for your family every day will not produce a long and healthy life for them.  Here is a valid thought...fresh fruit and vegetables are expensive but medicine and doctor bills cost much more!  Don't forget the milk and whole grain cereals and bread.  These, together with the fresh fruit and vegetables, could negate the need for those expensive vitamins you give your child every day.

The time factor is also a problem these days with busy families going in myriad of directions each day.  If you are concerned about the health of your family, you can manage a good schedule for eating on these busy days.  When you cook a meal, cook enough for two days and reheat on that busiest day.  Or, when serving salads, give an assignment to more than one family member for preparation of different ingredients.  Find an alternative to cholesterol and fat laden snack foods.  Check next week's blog for item suggestions.
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Do you think about dieting or weightloss frequently?

Thinking about dieting or weightloss is a beginning!   Your brain and thought patterns are the precursors to action.  Tell your brain you want to begin a healthy lifestyle of eating right and exercise and repeat it as often as necessary to get going.  Tell yourself that you are going to the store and purchase fresh fruit and vegetables, then you will be more likely to do it.  Fresh vegetables can become salads, soups and many side dishes.  A few different vegetables eaten each day can do some great things for your body like provide the fiber needed daily and more nutrients than sandwiches or pizza, etc.  Fruits can do most of the same in addition to added energy and antioxidents.  Besides all these things, they are delicious!
If your are obese or overweight, do not starve yourself!  It is important to safely loose weight.  For faster weightloss, choose a diet plan that makes you drop pounds the first week of two.  Then, go to an every day, regular routine of eating healthy, nutritious food and your body will reward you with more feel good days than you have had in recent years.  For a faster diet: http://myjumpstartdiet.com/?sid=11119 or more choices: http://happydietnews.com/?sid=11119, free first month.

To your good health, joyduf

Have You Lost Any Weight Recently?

Weight loss is serious business!  Our nation is so loaded with overweight expense medical care for others sometimes has to wait.  Consider these diseases that are caused by obesity:

• Type 2 diabetes
• Hypertension
• Heart Disease
• Cancer

These are not only the foremost killers, they are among the preventable diseases.  A large percentage of these diseases have their beginning with overweight.  Diet is usually cholesterol laden.  Do you know how much cholesterol is in the foods you eat?  Make a habit of reading labels if you want to be healthy.  It is a disservice to your body, your family and your devoted friends to be careless about your body health.  Your lifestyle and eating habits can prevent these killer diseases.
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Super Healthy

Exercise outdoors comes in many forms.  Your goal for weight loss or health maintenance will determine what you do.  Even bike riding can be done in hot weather if you do proper hydrating.  It does help if your rides are in shady wooded areas, but that is not possible in some cities.  Join a group for ultimate safety.  Marked bike trails are the very best for rides.  They give you safe routes and easy access especially for large groups.

Walking is still your best outdoor exercise for health maintenance.  For weight loss, the pace needs to be faster and preferably in more challenging terrain (up hill).  Long walks require good hydration the same as bikers.  Get a diet plan that gives you quick results if you are carrying 25 or more pounds before starting long hikes in hot weather.  Over-heating is not good.

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How would you like to be in this kind

of good shape?  Biking is his choice of

outdoor exercise!

Heatwave Preventive Health

Do Not let-up on Walking and Exercise in hot weather! There are many places inside to stay fit.  Do your body-building routines in your cool home.  Many churches and community centers have walking and exercise facilities that are free or for a $5 or $10 annual fee for their records of use.  Many of the items we consume to keep cool add calories and cholesterol to our diet.  Google for the facility nearest your home or work to keep your program going during summer. Do not waste your good progress on weight loss and healthy living by stopping a diet or exercise routine in hot weather.http://www.myjumpstartdiet.com/?sid=11119

Weight Loss Good Sense

Diets are a necessity if you are carrying around 50 or 100 pounds of extra weight.  The sooner it goes the better chance at life you have.  After all diets have been tried, all research on what foods we should eat, there is a fact remaining...the majority of people in developed countries eat too much food.  There is no substitute for consuming less food if you have health problems already,or you are overweight.  Once a close friend of mine went for his physical and the results showed a developing problem.  He was given a diet plan that contained all of the good foods except desserts.  The big difference was that only about one third of the amount he was accustomed to eating of these foods was allowed.  None was to be fried and no desserts other than fruits.  If you are a dessert addict like this guy, keep a bowl of fruit handy, but again, note how much you consume.  Following the diet closely, he lost 30 pounds in about fifteen weeks.  However, if he goes back to his usual eating habits, that weight will come back usually in the same place he lost it unless exercise accompanies the diet. 
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To your good health!  joyduf

Food Allergy Tip

Last week's food allergy tip omitted an important instruction!  If you are presented something to eat that you suspect will give you mouth ulcers or upset your stomach, be sure to take gensing before you eat.  This helps to reduce or prevent your reaction to that food.  If you swell instead of rash and mouth ulcers, you should stay away from that food because gensing is not foolproof for swelling.  That is much more serious.
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