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Half of our Nation is Overweight!
By: Paul M
Experts say obesity will overtake smoking as the biggest health problem of the decade. They are predicting a quarter of the population will be suffering from weight related diabetes by 2013. Doctors have coined the phrase “diabesity” to describe the condition, which is affecting a rising number of chronically overweight adults and children. In Australia researchers say 4 out of 10 children will be overweight within ten years. They said the proportion of children who are overweight is growing by at least one per cent a year.The average weight of Australian adults has increased five per cent in the past decade to 74.3kg according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics report. More than half (58%) of all men and 42% of women are overweight. It would seem that many adults underestimate the severity of their own weight problems. “They don’t recognize they’re in the obese level, so of course they don’t recognize they’re child is overweight”, one researcher said. “It’s very hard to educate people who maybe don’t see it or don’t want to change.” Children as young as six are being treated for mature-onset diabetes, a condition once confined to overweight adults in their 40’s. Fatty diets and lack of exercise have also seen 10 year olds treated with cardio-vascular disease. These children could have complications such as eye, kidney, circulation and heart problems by the time they’re 20. The message needs to be put across to parents to encourage more physical activity and not let their kids sit in front of the computer or TV. FAT FACTS • Obesity costs countries billions of dollars a year. • Obese people lose, on average, six or seven years of life. • A cup of whole milk contains 8g of fat. Skim milk has 0.5grams. • Obesity makes children so unhealthy and miserable that their quality of life is worse than children having chemotherapy to treat cancer.• A meat pie contains the equivalent of 6 teaspoons of fat. • A Big Mac gives you just under 25% of your daily intake of kilojoules in one snack. • A can of soft drink contains 9-10 teaspoons of sugar. • Obese children are 27 times more likely to get diabetes and their chances of heart disease are doubled. Check you BMI (Body Mass Index) today to see what category you fall into at: http://slim-n-trim.org/?refid=ezart-29894. You have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as the bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be appreciated. Paul Marsland and his wife Annette have been working as wellness coaches for the last 3 years. Using scientifically proven, balanced nutritious programmes they help people lose weight and improve their health, energy and vitality safely and effectively. For more information visit: http://slim-n-trim.org/?refid=ezart-29894 Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/
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How to Benefit from the Mind-Body Connection
(excerpt)
You are about to gain insight into the
mind-body connection. The number of
people who truly understand these principles on our
planet are relatively few.
There is an undeniable connection between our minds and
bodies, you can learn
to use this fact to your benefit.
Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of "Love, Medicine and
Miracles" was once a
distraught cancer surgeon until he
began to understand the greater principles
of the mind-
body connection. He felt dragged down by the artificial
barriers
that existed between patient and doctor, and the
helplessness he often felt as
a result of his inability
to effectively serve those patients. Eventually, those
barriers
were disintegrated by Dr. Siegel's recognition
and growing understanding of the
mind-body connection and
how it could serve his patients and himself.
Dr. Siegel, or Bernie as he began to have his patients
refer to him, had some
startling realizations as a cancer surgeon. He found that
there were actually
quite a few people in the world that successfully beat
the statistics on cancer
survival. He began to recognize that a patient's ability
to defeat something as
serious as cancer had to do with the patient's mind and
attitude about their
disease.
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