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Junk food and TV pushing kids to obesity

September 26, 2007 on 4:26 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

According to some latest studies, too much TV, junk foods and little movement in modern life are pushing more kids in US to obesity. Our kids have got an environment where they can easily get fast food items and fresh fruits and vegetables are really hard to find (From Yahoo News).

Most of the kids avoid walking to their school and too much stuff available that inspires them to eat lot of junk food and sugary beverages. Some of the highlights of these studies include:

• Most of the schools whether they are middle school or high school have easy access to junk foods and beverages. Researchers at the University of Michigan found that 83 percent of high schools and 67 percent of middle schools now have contracts with a soft drink manufacturer.


• There are very few schools that create the opportunity for its students to get involved in more and more physical activities.


• 25 percent of the ads watched by kids are fast food, beverage and sweet ads.


• The availability of a large, chain supermarket was associated with a lower body mass index (BMI) in teens. In contrast, high availability of convenience stores was associated with a higher BMI.

All of the experts advocated increasing the level of physical activity among kids. Why not for a walk straight after dinner and motivate your kids for doing dance on their favorite music than wasting their time watching TV or playing video games. If your kids walk to their schools, that can bring in more physical activity in their daily routines.

Dr Patrick employed to tackle obesity problem in children

September 22, 2007 on 6:51 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Dr Patrick Lowe has been hired by the city council in Birmingham to solve the Childhood obesity problem where every one third of 11-year-olds are overweight. Dr Patrick has been employed at a cost of £45,000 for motivating city children to do more exercises and for eating healthy foods (From BBC NEWS).

Part of his vision includes personal trainers working with children in schools and educating parents how to cook their foods properly and how to prepare a healthy but cheap lunch box for school going children’s.

Dr Patrick has been asked to reduce the obesity problem among children in more than 400 city schools. He will be working with planning department for making more playgrounds in the city and with transport department for having extra cycle lanes.

Dr Patrick said "My job is to tackle within our community the year-on-year rise in childhood... obesity." "That involves working with our schools, with our parents, with our communities to develop things as diverse as cycle lanes to free swimming."

Love to die when it comes about doing exercise

September 20, 2007 on 12:43 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

According to British Health Foundation figures, 6 people out of 10 would not love to do exercise despite of the fact their lives depend too much on it. One person dies after every 15 minutes as a result of physical activity (From BBC NEWS).

Only one third of UK adults are achieving the minimum exercise routine of 30 minutes for five times in a week. One out of seven people said they would exercise if the weather was fine. Almost one third of people between the age of 18 and 24 reported, they would do exercise if they looked fat. Many people said that they do not have enough time for exercising.

17 percent of the women said that they are doing exercise to maintain their physical appearance. For many of us exercise has become an ugly word, which we aim to avoid at all costs. Only 13 % of men and 7 % of women said that keeping a healthy heart was their main motivator for doing exercises.

British Health Foundation (BHF) is trying to show people that 30 minutes of exercise can do wonder for them and for their health and it can be funny also.

Some useful ways to bring exercising in our daily :

• Park your car 15 minutes walk from your office or take a brisk walk to the Bus stand or train station in the morning


• Do for 20 minutes of walking in the afternoon straight after lunch. It will help you remain active for the rest of the day


• Use stairs wherever available


• Do not hesitate to do the clearing work at home or around your home


• Join some dance class or swimming class or play with your friends or kids when you have time

How to drink more water

September 17, 2007 on 2:37 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

There are lotsssssss of benefits of drinking water like

• Maintaining good health


• Burning more calories i.e. losing weight


• Healthy skin


• Reduction of heart attacks


• Regulating Body Temperature


• Staying fit and fine


• Become energetic


• Flush Toxins


• Cushion and Lube Your Joints and Muscles


• Less risk of diseases and infections

And we all know how much water is important for us to live a smooth and healthy life. There are many reports around that showed the importance of water in our daily life. To live a healthy life, we need to increase our water intake and again we all know it very well.

I am suggesting you some tips that will surely help you in drinking more water compared to what you are drinking right now:

1. Do not forget to carry a water bottle with you wherever you go.


2. Keep a glass of water or bottled water near you whether you are sitting for long hours in the office or at home.


3. You can use your digital watch or mobile reminding you about drinking water after every an hour or so.


4. Purchase a water purifier, as you will find water tastier after purification.


5. Sometime you can try lemon with water but do not make it too sour.


6. Eat water rich foods like Lettuce, celery, tomato, watermelon, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, papaya, oranges, carrot, yogurt, apples, pineapple and apricots and grapes.

Emily Robbins selected as one of “Inspiring Stories of the Year” at weight watchers

September 14, 2007 on 7:12 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Emily Robbins of Long Beach, now a fifth-grade teacher in Norfolk, Va., has been selected as one of the 2007 Weight Watchers "Inspiring Stories of the Year" grand-prize winners (From SunHerald.com).

She was chosen by a team of judges from nearly 1,700 entrants nationwide based not only on her successful weight loss, but the motivational nature of her personal transformation.

Robbins, 30, initially joined Weight Watchers in Gulfport, but those meetings were suspended after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. She persevered, and lost a total of 92 pounds in just less than two years.

Her story will appear in the Sept. 13 edition of the national In Touch Magazine.