3 Reasons Why People Are Obese

Facing obesity, with all the products that exist, can be very overwhelming for most. If you are wondering why you just can't stop eating don't despair help is on the way. If you believe that you are the master of your body, listen to 3 reasons I looked at to try and explain why eating is such a part of our individual need to survive.

Reason #1: We eat as much as we can to survive. How long would you live if you had no food to eat tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day ,and the next day?This constant need to stay alive is embedded deep in your brain and is as basic as needing to procreate. We are human animals and the need for survival is part of who we are. The fear of losing something is greater to most than the desire to go out and hunt for more food if hunger strikes. Your behavior to want to eat all the time might be linked to this fear of not being able to eat everyday.

Reason #2:The need to store food for a rainy day is as old as religion. We all heard the stories of our forefather's living on the land to raise cattle and grain. The need to put food in barns to ward off winter conditions or summer droughts made people do incredible things. You can do a lot of research on this and look at all the hardships our ancestors went through to guarantee our long term survival. For some of us we heard about these struggles from our own parents and grandparents. I wonder if we don't have a gene somewhere in our brains that just make us want to store food for the winter, as the saying goes, and might explain why some of us just need to put it away. Their is no reason to store in most areas of the world today but it's the fear that makes us do it? Our behavior could be explained in this seemingly foolish idea.

Reason #3:As animals we needed to go out and hunt for food everyday to survive. This need to hunt is reason # 3. Think about it for a minute, if their is a hunting gene in your brain that made our ancestors get up everyday to go and hunt, their must be a need to eat and stay in great shape to "out hunt" the competition as well. In today's hectic world many are afraid of losing everything. Your basic need to survive just might be behind why you need to store food for as long as you can because their is a lot of competition for the "fresh meat" out their? Food for thought...==Trudel==

Harmful Efect of Obesity

Weight loss, from a simpler perspective, is the reduction of the total weight of the body, usually involving the decrease of fluid, body fats and other bone mineral deposits in the human body. Weight loss can occur accidentally or inadvertently mainly due to a disorder or an illness in the body. For example type 1 diabetes mellitus if not managed properly, in most cases can lead to activities in the body that lead to the loss of both fat and lean mass, consequently resulting to a significant reduction in total body weight. Other factors such as lack of fluid intake, HIV, use of certain medications and even fidgeting can trigger fluid loss resulting in the significant loss of body weight.

Intentional weight loss refers to the reduction of total mass of the body in an attempt to enhance physical fitness, well being, and/or general appearance. Some people use certain dieting tips to achieve this or use other artificial methods. People shed body weight for a variety of other reasons ranging from the desire to decrease the likelihood of developing diseases, the aspiration to meet certain standard for participation in a sport or even just for the sake of appearing physically athletic or attractive===Ojuor Chinedu===.

People subscribe to weight loss techniques because of a number of health, physical, psychological and social problems emanating from being obese itself. It is believed that overweight people are subjected to the following troubles:

- Diseases ranging from cardiovascular diseases, skeletal disorders, high blood pressure, diabetes, infertility and pregnancy problems, physical discomforts and a host of other health problems.

- Psychological problems manifesting in form of general unhappiness, stress, low self esteem and a sense of insecurity.

- Overweight people are considered to be liable to surgical complications.

- Obese people may lack the energy or desire to socialize as a result of real or perceived prejudice in the community against them. Some employers often equate overweight with laziness, ill-health and unattractiveness.

- Evidence shows that obese persons face a higher risk of harm due to limitations in movement that makes them less able to avoid accidents.

- In many cases, extra insurance premiums are payable by overweight persons for various insurance coverages.

The good news however is that there are real weight loss products that have been proven to work, and it is just a matter of getting the right information or being guided properly and you would be on your way to shedding that excess and unwanted mass of body tissue.

It's a sad fact, but the human race is going through an "obesity epidemic", with billions of dollars spent annually on weight loss products, medical procedures and pharmaceuticals. Proactol is a groundbreaking development in weight loss treatment, and is exactly what over weight people have been waiting for. Clinically proven to reduce fat intake by nearly 30%, very few weight loss products available without prescription are as effective as Proactol.

Prevent the Obesity

With our busy and fast pace world, it's seldom that we cook and eat nutritional foods. Fast foods and restaurants truly make our every day need for food easy and delicious. While eating in restaurants and going to drive thru can satisfy our craving for delectable meals, it is still important to know the content of the food that we intake.

In United States, there are 58 million Americans, aged 20-70++ that are overweight. A person is considered overweight if he/she has excess amount of body weight that include muscle, bone fat and water. On the other hand, obesity is the excess accumulation of body fat. Hence, a person can be overweight without being obese.

Obesity and health threats such as heart disease are two of the obvious effects of food intake with too much calorie and cholesterol. The ingredients and how the food is prepared and cooked also matters if we are to talk about healthy meals. Aside from food, it is also our way of life that prevent us from being obese==Liza Chua==.

There are many illnesses that can be associated to an obese individual. Some of the known diseases have effect on the heart, gall bladder and high blood pressure. A huge percentage of women with breast and colon cancer are also obese according to some studies. This can be an alarming news but everyone has an opportunity to prevent these things from happening.

We are responsible for our own health. There are thousands of ways to prevent obesity from happening in our family. Awareness and discipline are extremely needed to live a healthy and happy life. The steps are simple. Here are the 5 obvious ways to prevent obesity.

1. Drink water. Eight glasses of water is the recommended consumption daily. It is a best cleanser for the body. More than 8 glasses is much better.

2. Exercise. If we are healthy, we can possibly eat any food that we crave for. This gives us the freedom to choose what we eat. However, we should also excrete those unwanted fats and cholesterol and that can be achieved through exercise daily.

3. Have a balance meal on the table. Always include vegetables and fruits.

4. Take vitamins and minerals regularly but don't rely on them.

5. Be an example to your children. Discipline on food should be seen in you by your children.

Life is too short to live in pain and suffering. You don't have to be paranoid on food that you consume. Being not obese does not also mean depriving yourself of food that you want to eat. It's all about balance.

Shocking Obesity Statistics

• General Population 
- More than one third of U.S. adults-more than 72 million people-and 16% of U.S. children are obese 
- Since 1980, obesity rates for adults have doubled and rates for children have tripled 
- Among Americans age 20 and older, 142 million are overweight or obese (73 million men and 69 million women) 
- Of these 142 million overweight or obese people, 67 million are obese (30.7 million men and 36.7 million women) 
- From 1960 to 2004, the prevalence of overweight increased from 44.8% to 66% in U.S. adults age 20 to 74. 
- From 1960 to 2004, the prevalence of obesity increased from 13.3% to 32.1% in U.S. adults age 20 to 74, with most of this rise occurring since 1980

• Childhood Obesity 
- Over the past three decades the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2-5 years and adolescents aged 12-19 years, and it has more than tripled for children aged 6-11 years 
- Overweight adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming overweight or obese adults (this increases to 80% if one or more parent is overweight or obese) 
- 13.9 percent of children two to five years of age, 18.8 percent of children six to 11 years of age, and 17.4 percent of adolescents 12 to 19 years of age in America are obese 
- Among infants and children between 6 and 23 months, the prevalence of obesity rose from 7.2% in 1976-1980 to 11.5% in 2003-2004 
- Nearly 14% of children between the ages of 2 and 5 were overweight in 2003-2004, up from 10.3% in 1999-2000 
- Children who are considered overweight have a 70% chance of becoming overweight adults 
- Among overweight children and teens between the ages of 2 and 19 (or their parents), 36.7% reported ever having been told by a doctor or HCP that they were overweight (for those between the ages of 2 and 5, this percentage was 17.4%)

• Increased Risk of Disease 
- Being obese increases a child's risk for some serious childhood medical problems, including: 
- Asthma 
- Pre-diabetes and diabetes: (a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that one in three American children born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime) 
- Heart disease, high blood pressure (early indicators of atherosclerosis, the most common cause of heart disease, begin as early as childhood and adolescence in children with risk factors. Atherosclerosis is related to high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which are associated with poor eating habits and overweight) 
- Sleep apnea and breathing problems 
- Bone conditions, such as hip problems 
- Gastro-intestinal diseases 
- Early puberty 
- Psychological problems, like poor self-esteem and depression 
- Obese children are more than twice as likely to have diabetes as nonobese children 
- An as-yet-unpublished study led by Dr Geetha Raghueveer, from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, was presented at the recent American Heart Association conference in New Orleans. The researchers found that the artery walls of obese children and teens, or those who have high cholesterol, are as thick as artery walls in the average 45-year-old 
- With children, measuring BMI and taking action if it's too high can actually help prevent heart disease from developing 
- The prevalence of overweight among adolescents in the United States has nearly tripled in the past two decades... Type 2 diabetes, previously considered an adult disease, has increased dramatically in children and adolescents. Overweight and obesity are closely linked to type 2 diabetes. - U.S. Surgeon General 
- During the mid-1990s, type 2 diabetes in youth increased ten-fold in the US, and mirrored the childhood obesity epidemic. - Dr. Kaufman ("Childhood Obesity: The Declining Health of America's Next Generation," testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families, July 16, 2008) 
- In children who are overweight, between 25 percent and 40 percent will have the metabolic syndrome that sets the stage for diabetes and heart problems

• Multicultural Populations 
- Among women, the age-adjusted prevalence of overweight or obesity in racial and ethnic minorities is higher among non-Hispanic Black and Mexican-American women than among non-Hispanic White women (among men, there is little difference in prevalence among these three groups) 
- African American women have the highest rates of being overweight or obese compared to other groups in the U.S. (about four out of five African American women are overweight or obese) 
- Among Mexican American women, 73 percent are overweight or obese, as compared to only 61.6 percent of the general female population 
- Among Hispanic adults age 18 and older, 39.6% are overweight and 27.5% are obese 
- African Americans, Hispanics and American Indians have been experiencing the highest rates of increase in childhood obesity. On average, 25 percent of children in these ethnic groups are obese 
- Among children between the ages of 2 and 5, 13% of non-Hispanic blacks and 19% of Mexican Americans are overweight. (Scott Christ)

Different Types of Adult Obesity and Herbal Drugs

The fat is broken down in different ways in the body. It is quite important to determine the fat distribution, as the impact on health is not the same depending on the location of overweight. In obesity or overweight type female (gynecoid), excess fat is located at the hips, buttocks and legs. In obesity or overweight type male (android), excess fat is located at the abdominal organs on the abdominal wall and sometimes on the upper back. There are also mixed types, especially when obesity is very important.

This classification is somewhat simplistic and does not reflect the variety of human types. However, it is estimated that obesity-type female is not as serious as that of male type. This type of obesity is often more serious and results in metabolic disorders: diabetes type II with onset of insulin resistance, abnormal blood lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides) and cardiovascular disorders associated with increased risk of cancers.

Too many Kilos, those that are potentially hazardous to health, are mainly located at the waist and hidden in the abdominal organs. Measuring waist circumference is a simple and practical way of knowing if the overload fat is in the abdomen. There is a danger when the waist reaches more than 1 meter for men and more than 95 cm for women. Anyway, we must interpret the measure by the size of the individual.

The ability to grow is a legacy of ancient times, when our "caves" ancestors have absolutely to store up food when it was available. The best course is to keep it on oneself for hard times. This ability to store fat and use it later has allowed humanity to survive despite recurring famines.

In some populations, there was even selections of the fittest to make such bold among Polynesians (Maori). Indeed, climatic variations in the Pacific region (nino, nina, cyclones) cause, in these very remote islands, famines that could last many weeks or months. Today, with the decline of physical labor, abundant food and reduced energy needs, this "advantage" becomes genetically negative, it promotes the onset of obesity.

Experts say that obesity is on average 25 to 30% of cases in part genetic and the rest linked to eating and physical behavior, when both parents are normal or underweight, the risk of becoming big in turn in adulthood is less than 10%. When one parent is large, this risk is about 40% to 80% if both are.

We grow mainly because we absorb more calories (as food) than we use. There is an imbalance between food intake and energy expenditure overall. One should recall that the accumulation of fat in fat cells (adipocytes) is something daily and quite normal. Several physiological mechanisms allow transforming what was eaten into fats, immediately stored in the fatty tissue in the form of triglycerides.

These stored fats will be used to request the opportunity to make prolonged exercise or during a period of fasting, for instance. It is the increase in the number of adipocytes, their hypertrophy and disruption of their activity that cause the accumulation of grease resulting in morbid obesity.

We know that medium weight is a parameter remarkably stable during adulthood. It grows sustainably when the food-energy imbalance is chronic and changes in both the number of fat cells (increase) and their regulation, physiological mechanisms that maintain the weight almost constant are disturbed, consequently you inexorably gain weight. This overweight will, no doubt, stabilize, but at a higher level.

We grow sustainably when fat cells accumulate triglycerides (fats) but do not "know" anymore how to free them when the body needs them. Added to this energy imbalance related to food, other causes may be hormonal reasons (puberty, pregnancy, endocrine disruption related to chronic stress), a lower metabolic regulation of carbohydrate and fat associated with aging (we grow with age), dietary reasons (diet too rich in fat immediately stored in adipocytes and food artificially high in sucrose and fructose) and perhaps an environment and food contaminated by pesticides or alimentary adulterants (dyes, changes of taste, aroma ) which insidiously alter our metabolism, from childhood.

Many solutions exist to fight over-weight. Chemical drugs are available on the market, however, suchlike products have a lot of nasty side-effects. Surgery is also possible but it is a heavy and risky operation. Herbal drugs are plants-based products free from any-side-effects. They are very accessible and not expensive. Obesity is a curable disease and the best way to heal it is to resort to natural therapies such as herbal treatments.

Ines Khalsi fitness professor, she has acquired a significant experience in weight loss therapies, having weight problems herself; she went across different medicines and discovered that herbal medicine is the safer way to lose superfluous kilos. She also discovered that herbal medicine can be used to fix many physical deficiencies.  She has gained a significant knowledge in the field and now she wants to share with other people. Ines Khalsi.

Obesity

Obesity is a disease or a deviation by the network hoarding excessive body fat. This is different from overweight. Overweight is excess weight compared with the ideal weight. This can happen due to hoarding of fat or nonlemak network. Eating habits and physical activity have a bad diindetifikasi clearly as this causes health problems.

In the United States, 15% children aged 12-16 years experienced Obesity. According, Problems Obesity is serious need of attention because of the impact caused very knowledgeable. Kardiovaskular diseases such as hypertension, stroke, coronary heart occupies the first rank as a cause of death. And it is one of Obesity. "In addition, in children with Obesity and risk for type 2 diabetes exposed to also increase.

Obesity in adults is usually no relation to the Obesity in childhood. When children experience the risk Obesity Obesity in the future is much higher compared with children who are not in Obesity. Obesity So this must be prevented as early as possible since a baby, "said Rudi Hartono SpA dr Clinic's son. Obesity tends to the child have a heart bigger than children with normal body weight. Cholesterol is constantly increasing, and paste can accumulate in the blood vessel wall. Long run thick and impedes the flow of blood. Heart attack risk''will appear, but perhaps if a child discovered a new tread or mature teenagers. Meanwhile, the high salinity can cause high blood pressure,''said Rudi.

One of the other complications Obesity in children is a function of channel interference breath, known as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Obesity, in general, children experience ngorok and stopping the breath that result in behavioral disturbances and a decrease in school achievement. According to research Himpunan Obesity Indonesia (Hisobi) in a number of primary school in South Jakarta favorite shows Obesity prevalence in the children reach 20 percent. Concluded from the research of the three children experienced Obesity. Everything is related to the delivery of the wrong food, less physical activity, and lazy to move. Circulation of oxygen less smoothly in the body can lead to child-headed and fatigue so that learning achievement was declining. In addition to the impact of the physical body, Obesity in children can also affect psychiatric, child minder, and less so in the association. He was so ashamed tersingkir's various activities in schools or neighborhoods.

Pattern eat the wrong
Obesity is a threat of disease due to excess nutrients and harmful body metabolism. Cases occur due to Obesity Feed high energy, while the low energy output. According to Dr Dewi K Main Menteng Mother's Hospital, many factors cause their own, because of lifestyle changes and eating habits of one pattern to the child. "Sometimes parents give their children happy meal. Because the ads in the often tivi show the baby or child is bonny. In addition, children are now mengonsumsi food fast food (fast food), soft drink, and food that is full of fat and high berkolesterol. This is because of lazy parents cook food at home, "said Dewi.

He also other factors that continue to move less, now that many children happy sitting in front of television (playing games) so long that many children usually sit and children often eat small meals.

Child Obesity can also be due to genetic factors or the factors offspring. Children have the possibility of a 40% fat if one of their parents fat. Possible greater, 80%, if both parents fat. Usually, the mother who has a high sugar or diabetes mellitus is a disease (DM), will decrease the likelihood that the child was born so that the child is likely to be over weight (or the excess burden of obesity).

Knowledge of parents in Indonesia will Obesity a danger to the child is still quite low. "Many parents who feel happy to see a plump baby, fatty cheeks and parents often feel offended when their children spelled the lean to normal. When compared with children of friends of fat, so haunting sense of guilt. When the child is abnormal fat friend, "said Rudi. Lean for fear that parents sometimes give solid food since early.

Parents often give solid food too early under the age of three months or give formula milk with osmolarity (thickness) is too high. Solid food is given too early can damage the baby's digestive system, so that constipation relief. In addition to constipation, the baby is getting formula milk bottle because the diarrhea is often not sterile, the milk not in accordance with the needs of the baby, too hot, too cold, too thick or thin, the composition of nutrients in food that is not balanced so that the baby is given solid food early, appropriate analysis, dealing with the possibility of consecutive experience Obesity at the age of six years.

Many parents think that children crying because of hunger, so that parents rush to give formula milk because breastfeeding is not considered sufficient. Because fat is not parents thought their children less nutrition, opinions that often creep on society. Moreover, ad formula milk showing the baby fat, so it seems that drinking milk is then to be fat and plump. While new formula milk can be given to the child if he is aged 6 months.

Measuring Obesity

Obesity in the handling of children with different adults. Grown children on body weight does not go down because the children are still growing so the grown body weight stable. It is necessary for setting the correct pattern, diet and physical activity is also appropriate. Therefore, it is necessary collaboration with nutrition experts to prevent the deviation of double nutrition.
"If the children look so fat it's good to see a doctor consulted to assess the child so that they can grow and develop known whether or not to Obesity. Obesity is usually before, someone overweight first experience, but this had also requires the potential to become serious because of Obesity, "said Dewi.

There are some simple ways that can be done by parents to calculate the excess calories consumed per day children. According to one way is to reduce the current heavy weight on the same month last year. When the results around the 5kg calories should be reduced per day is about 100 calories, (or if 10 kg, which should be reduced proximately 200 calories / day), so that body weight does not increase until next year. As a result, with increasing high body weight while still a child, when a comparison is expected to be back to normal. This can be done with Feed reduce daily calories by reducing the portion of meal and snack.

To determine the normal or someone Obesity is using the Body Mass Index (IMT) of body weight (kg) divided by a high body (M2). "There is a graph that shows someone has been entering the stage obese or not, usually in a health clinic, health center is also available through the most When the child is high Obesity," said Dewi. Obesity is recommended that children do the diet, increasing physical activity, changing patterns of life, and in doing so not only on children but the parents also participate to do so.

Obesity is a source of various diseases

Have the excess weight, not the size of the body health of someone. Obesity can be a serious problem because it can become a breeding disease. Obesity or overweight can occur because the excess amount of food that assumes by someone.
Obesity is a problem at this time that appears in the world; even the World Health Organization (WHO) has mendeklarasikannya as a global epidemic. Increased prevalence not only in developed countries, but also in developing countries, including Indonesia.
The average woman has more body fat than many men. Comparisons between the normal body fat with body weight is around 25 - 30% in women and 18 - 23% in men. Women with a body fat of 30% and men with more body fat of 25% is considered to Obesity. Or in other words someone who has a body weight 20% higher than the value of the middle range of normal body weight, is considered to Obesity.
Obesity is classified into 3 groups:
• Obesity lightweight: excess body weight 20-40%
• Obesity are: excess body weight 41-100%
• Obesity weight: excess body weight> 100%.
Obesity weight of 5% is found among those who are fat. Someone who lemaknya many buried in the stomach, it is easier experiencing various health problems associated with Obesity. They have a higher risk. pear fruit picture better than the picture apple fruit.
Scientifically, Obesity caused consume more calories than needed by the body. What causes the occurrence of imbalance between Feed and burning calories is still not clear.
Obesity involves the occurrence of several factors:
1. Genetic factors; Obesity tends to be revealed, so that the suspected cause of the genetic features. But family members share not only genes, but also food habits and lifestyle, which can encourage the occurrence of Obesity. Often difficult to separate lifestyle factors with genetic factors. Latest research shows that the average factors provide the genetic influence of 33% of body weight a person.
2. Environmental factors; genes is an important factor in cases of Obesity, the environment, but someone who also holds a significant role. This environment included lifestyle behaviors (eg, what is eaten and how many times a person eats and how the activity). One of course can not change the pattern of genetic, but he can change the pattern of meals and activities.
3. Psychological factors; what is in the mind of a person can eat affect behavior. Many people who reacted against emotion with food. One form of emotional disturbance is a negative self-perception. This interference is a serious problem on many young women who suffer Obesity, and can cause excessive awareness about overweight and does not feel comfortable in social association.
4. Health factors; some diseases can cause Obesity, among others; hipotiroidisme, CUSHING syndrome, prader-Willi syndrome, multiple nerve aberration someone who can cause a lot of food. And drugs; certain medicines (such as a steroid and some anti-depression) can cause additional weight loss.
5. Growth factors; the addition of size or number of fat cells (or both) result in increasing the amount of fat stored in the body. Of Obesity, especially the fat in childhood can have the fat cells until 5 times more than the people that normal body weight. The number of fat cells can not be reduced, because the decrease in body weight can only be done by reducing the amount of fat in each cell.
6. Physical activity, lack of physical activity is one of the possible causes of the increasing number of major events Obesity in the middle of a prosperous society. Those who do not require active fewer calories. Someone who tends to consume food rich in fat and does not make physical activity a balanced experienced akan Obesity.
Obesity is not only not considered good eye health but is a dilemma that egregious. Obesity is directly harmful to someone's health.
Obesity also increases the risk of a number of chronic diseases such as:
• Diabetes type 2 (arising in the adult)
• high blood pressure (hypertension)
• Stroke
• heart attack (infark miokardium
• Failed to heart
• Cancer (certain types of cancer, for example, prostat cancer and colon cancer)
• gall bladder stones and bladder stones
• Gout and artritis gout
• Osteoarthritis
• Bedroom apnea (failure to breathe normally during sleep, causing the reduced oxygen content in blood)
• pickwickian syndrome (Obesity, along with facial redness, under ventilated and sleepy).
The first step in treat Obesity is a gauge of body fat and health risks in a way calculated bmi. Health risks associated with Obesity will increase with the increasing number bmi:
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