+ 6 Obesity as one of the most serious health problem nowadays
As we all know obesity is one of the biggest diseases nowadays that majority of population have to deal with and that usually leads to sad consequences.
The 21st century is the only time in human history when food is available in almost unlimited quantities. Never in million years people had an access to all those foods that’s available on the market now. Nowadays even if you’re homeless person, you can get a pack of doughnuts for couple of backs that will keep you alive.
Human body never had to digest such a high amounts of foods and calories that we consume nowadays and body simply doesn’t know how to deal with this. As a result problems like obesity occur fairly often.
Even on eroids we see this problem popping up daily and people simply doesn’t know how to deal with it.
Don’t you ladies and gents think it would be a wise idea to implement some sort of nutrition lesson at schools or colleges so all our kids could learn how to count calories, what nutrition is, insulin resistance and why exercises is important?
Maybe that would help at least at some degree to minimise the percentage of people suffering from this disease.
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Alphamale500I definitely agree that obesity is a major problem that affects adults and sadly enough, children as well. And what's really sad is that it can be avoided! I'm actually surprised that they don't already have classes that are dedicated to nutrition, counting calories, exercise and the other topics that you mentioned. I think I remember in grammar or middle school, learning about the very basics of the food pyramid or whatever It's called, and that's it!
If I had to pick one thing that's a major problem and a major cause of obesity, I would say that it's sugar intake. You got these young kids and some adults drinking all of these sugary drinks, candy, and food with tons of sugar, not realizing how bad all of this sugar really is for their body. As most of us know, high sugar intake goes hand in hand with obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease, heart disease, high cholesterol and triglycerides, and many more illnesses and diseases.
If we're going to turn the tide and change this for future generations, then yes, we absolutely need to start teaching our kids at an early age about everthing involved with healthy nutrition and exercise.
In 1990 The Nutrition Labeling and Education act required all packaged foods to bear nutrition labeling and health claims for foods. This was one of the biggest steps forward towards nutrition awareness ever taken. It was followed 2 years later in 1992 by the food pyramid. So within 2 years people could not only know what they were eating but also how much of it they should be eating. Giving them the information to be healthy has proven unsuccessful in adult populations for the most part.
Education about food and its negative impact has never been so readily available as it is today. now there is internet in everyone's pocket and an app that scans calories from the label of food that you are about to cook, wrist watches that count the calories that you burn, and scales that sync up to your phone that gives you a host of information and suggests changes. I don't think education is the problem here. There are plenty of incentives to get healthy and stay healthy and yet huge amounts of the population chooses not to. So if we can't use a carrot then maybe the solution is the stick?
I think we should have a fat tax.
I thought New York or some city like that put a tax on soda. If government implemented some sort of fat tax we could erase the national debt pretty quickly.
I also wonder how many people even know what the food pyramid is or even heard about nowadays.
Food Pyramid! Wow. I remember learning very little about it, especially at that age, nutrition was boring. Now I believe it's called MyPlate. These days I try to educate my kids on nutrition, im deffinately not leaving it up to the schools. I do have hope for the future especially when hear my kiddos excuses for not going to juijitsu cause they havent "Carbed Up". Smh..
That’s my point. People learned how to fly to the moon and back but the most don’t know the difference between carbs and protein
We have a new sugar tax here to try curb obesity
hasnt worked
but it works out at about €7 per head population
Could work out at 2-3 billion taxes in USA, or considering you lads eat a hell of a lot more sugar than us, maybe a few more billion easy taxes.... 5 -10 billion? who knows.
Nice few dollars right there.
I believe New York limited the size of soda cups that can be sold. But to me that is telling people what they can and cannot do, which I don't think is the job of state or government. I think you should be free to choose whatever path you want and be willing to suffer the consequences. Let them fill up gallon jugs of soda for all I care, but be willing to pay for it at the end of the day in more than one way.
jayisk"If government implemented some sort of fat tax we could erase the national debt pretty quickly."
No this corrupt government would just use the money on what benefits the people and industries that fund their campaigns.
They never use the money to help the everyday people in the states. just continue to fawk us over.
NY also tired to limit the amount of soda severing sizes. So instead of a 64 oz fountain drink you would have to get two smaller drinks. Fat tax isnt going to motivate anyone to become healthy. Just impact poorer people more because they are more likely to by cheaper fattier food.
I was trying to look at it with a "glass half full" mindset
you can look at it like that makwa and its a positive attitude.
But what jayisk said is absolutely correct.
jayiskOk. That is a good mindset to have.
I wrote an article on this and some of the opinions of the readers were great! They covered everything from junk food, GMO's; artificial ingredients; lack of exercise etc. People drive everywhere almost no walking. So many answers to this question! +
I do not so much blame the food available these days, as I do simply blame the lack physical movement and exercise.
The human body is an efficient machine, able to live off all sorts of combinations of carbs, fats and proteins to create fuel to operate the body throughout each day. We were built for physical labor, not sitting in chairs or driving vehicles, or what ever job it is that keeps us static all day. Our body does not know what to do with all overly rich nutrition besides store it as fat, our bodies oldest survival mechanism storing fat to be used when we are in extreme situations .
jayiskOn the studies regarding obesity make sure they are not going by the BMI to calculate body fat.
That just goes off height and weight and is completely inaccurate. Ronnie Coleman in his prime would be 44% BF off the BMI.
and in the states that is what they use on your medical records.
I agree with people learning and applying knowledge about nutrition and people today dont get the physical exercise they use to. So a lot of people sit on the couch watching the TV or video games and eating shitty food and drinking sugary beverages.
We've just had letters from the school nurse telling my my two boys are obese LMFAO!!!
Tom who boxes now is lean af but very tall for his age.
Will is absaloutely rock solid and built like a tank and 5 years old.
Needless to say I've made an appointment with school for Wednesday to give the nurse a peace of my mind as I've found out she blurted everything to these poor kids she sees (Not cool in my book)
jayiskPeople are just completely ignorant. Must be using the BMI to calculate BF.
And if they were obese what business is it of a school nurse to send a letter to the parents?
I'm sure the nurse is fat and miserable or a bag of bones.
Maybe you should let the wife handle this one. Dont want to read about a missing school nurse..lol
Just in case leave the duct tape and zip ties and home.
LMFAO!!!
100% correct she is VERY fat lol. But what gets me is she has told the children they are over weight (Not just mine). But quite alot of them.
Now to me that's just wrong on so many levels. It cause bullying in school and not to mention get the kids thinking negative thoughts about themselves.
This is what got me the most bro..... but I promise to leave my abduction kit at home ;)
I like this idea..i wish i understood nutrition better when I was younger... I'd be a friggin monster by now lol...+1 dex...we should start a petition for this...
YES! yes, yes, yes.
But here is a different way of looking at it...
My daughters went to primary school recently, you know ages 5-11.
Anyway, the god damned school kept giving them treats as rewards, but it was almost daily. Then there were charity days where they bake and sell cakes, then easter chocolate, pancake tuesday, christmas treats, every birthday person gets a treat, and on and on. Madness when all listed together on paper, constant.
Of course me being me, I popped a gasket. Long story short, after meetings and complaints and calm raging against the machine, they agreed to change. There is now a massive difference, far less treats, a health policy in place, a nutritionist comes in now to educate on choices.
But the change is good but it isnt enough. The ironic thing is.... what they actually need is a junk food policy, which I am fighting for. My reasoning is that, we as good parents create the healthy food policies and send them in with nutritious, healthy foods. However the bloody school, if they for whatever insane reason deem they need to provide junk crap... well they better document it and measure it and hold themselves accountable for what they are doing. They need a junk food policy.
High fructose corn syrup is a big contributor. As was the microwave and game systems.
I never see kids throwing a football or riding bikes.
Bikes are also usually a means first experience with tools. Most young people dont know what a grease gun is or how to read a tape measure..
It's so true brother..i work construction and had 3 high school graduates that couldn't read a tape measure...ridiculous
Yea. That’s the sad part as well. Most people in America are always on the go so they just go ahead and take a quick bite of fast food. It def has to start with the parents to first learn and eat right for themselves, and then they will be able to teach their kids. I believe it really needs to start at home
Parents need not to pass the buck onto schools for this one. What they see at home majority becomes their norm
I agree mate, parents seem inadequate to teach their children these things anymore including correct nutrition, money management, manners and work ethic to name but a few.
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Yea. The goal as a parent is to raise them to be a contributing functional dependent adult that treats people with respect and honor
I grew up with the yes sir no sir. Yes ma’am and no ma’am