Are you interested in losing weight? Whether you would like to improve your health, improve you appearance, or do both, you may be interested in finding a weight loss plan to use. When it comes to weight loss plans, you will find that you have a number of different options. Two of your most common options include paying for a weight loss plan or developing your own.
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Unhealthy Food Advertising
The fact that the US is currently suffering from an obesity epidemic is not just a random occurrence. How many dump trucks could be loaded with 100-dollar bills from money poured into unhealthy food advertisements? I would imagine quit a lot. There are several commercials advertising healthy food and fitness equipment, but by comparison they are almost negligible.
How Does Advertising Effect The Average Obese American?
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Obesity is a growing epidemic in the western world and is emerging as the most debilitating disease of modern times, as well as the leading cause of preventable death. Obesity is defined as an accumulation of excess body fat, to an extent that may impair health. It is associated with breathing problems that can make it harder to keep up with friends, play sports, or just walk from class to class. It can also shorten your life span and put you at risk of developing a number of conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and some forms of cancer.
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“In just two decades, the prevalence of overweight doubled for U.S. children ages 6 to 11 — and tripled for American teenagers. The annual National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that about one-third of U.S. children are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. In total, about 25 million U.S. children and adolescents are overweight or nearly overweight.”—Mayo Clinic June 4, 2007
“Childhood obesity is particularly troubling because the extra pounds often start kids on the path to health problems that were once confined to adults, such as…” —Mayo Clinic June 4, 2007
Diabetes – Type 2
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
Cancer!
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Parents, you truly are the key component to controlling your child’s obesity.
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Give your child a great example.
Children automatically have a fine tuned hypocrite meter, so if you are not doing as you say, they won’t do as you say.
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I opened the paper this morning to find out that the country I live in has just taken the number one spot as the fattest country in the world. I don’t know when it happened but just like a cupcake sneaking onto the hips, Canada has earned the title of having the largest obesity problem of 63 different countries in a recent survey by the American Heart Association. I wish I could say this was another American conspiracy theory but alas, it’s not.
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