Should our government put more effort and funding into obesity awareness and prevention (especially of children) or wait for the impending medical crisis which will exist as a result of this issue? If intervention is warrented now, what should it look like? Should the medical community become more proactive in its approach to this problem?
I think this is a problem for everyone, not just women. I believe that women are more verbal about their weight problems, but this is an issue that cuts across all of society: ages, races, nationalities and gender.
Stacey, I cannot respond to your first question about funding. With regards to the role of the medical community, the following link is to the national guideline in the United Kingdom:
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG43
I do realise that the situation regarding public and clinical health is very different as we have a National Health Service (NHS). However, the UK is now experiencing a similar 'obesity epidemic' to the USA with a similar unsustainable impact on expenditure. The outcome is clinically measurable in other health aspects, such as the increase in Type 2 Diabetes, cardiovascular and liver disease and these are adding a further significant financial burden. Sadly, the rise in childhood obesity has led to the paediatric onset of Type 2 Diabetes. The following link takes you to the public health and clinical management pathways that we are developing to address this:
http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/preventing-type-2-diabetes
I hope these are of some help.
Town Hall Meetings involving all the major sectors / segments of the society/community are in order so that there is across the board cooperation. The awareness campaign, the exercise/nutrition programs etc. have all been demonstrated. It is necessary to put all such programs into a cooerdinated effort within a given community, as suggested by the collaborative effort, Community, Health, Exercise and Nutrition for All (CHEN4All)
http://abc4all.net/chen4all.htm
Obesity, a chronic condition for an individual that can result in many acute care illnesses, has its basis in behavior. If people change their eating and exercise habits then they reduce the risks associated with the chronic and acute diseases associated with obesity. How does one change one's health behavior? This is the trillion dollar question. Behavior changes come from interrupting habits and starting and maintaining new behaviors. Does this require awareness, education, and programs to teach new behaviors as well as teach one how to maintain them? YOU BET! Should the government put more money towards how to be healthy? It seems that the solution will come from a combination of behavioral change programs, educational initiatives, and personal action (motivation). Can the government fund and participate in that effort. YOU BET!
make people aware of hydration levels and you solve a lot of problems ...
Sport medicine shows us that 3% loss of body fluids will lead to loss of consciousness lead to coma and even death!!!!
Why do you think our body is able to function with chronic dehydration..
Water is universal carrier of nutrients in our body
Water is universal cleaner of toxins in our body
What may happen when there is not enough to do both of the above...???
Billions are spend on food supplements , trillions are spend on medical health care and humanity is in a severe health crisis...!!!!!
Successful control of the obesity epidemic needs the cooperation of Governments, NGOs, and corporations. To get corporations on board, their leaders need to be educated about the economic aspects of increasing obesity and the dangers it poses to our productivity and standard of living. As more and more people can't work due to illness, productivity and income will decline along with their demands for non-health related goods and services. A government report estimated that US health care costs will reach $16 trillion a year by 2030. Corporate leaders need to understand that this will devastate their businesses if strong corrective actions are not taken now. Everyone needs to realize that obesity and increasing chronic diseases are a threat to everyone irrespective of their economic or social status.
www.humanbodysize.com
Obesity is a very big issue with lots of underlying factors. Through my study and research I am becoming increasingly convinced that at least part of this problem is due to the hormones added to the beef and chicken we are consuming and because of all the artificial sweetners and additives in the food that is processed, this is causing spikes in glucose levels in humans. I think of course all of this consumption of food must have a balance with exercise but people have lost the will and the energy and drive to do so because our food has become our medication, and I think the government should step in to provide help and encouragement and even subsidize programs that educate people on this growing epidemic and yes it needs to start at the education of children level. We need something in place to couteract the billions of dollars spent on healthcare in trying to solve the problem that we have created as a nation. I grew up on a farm and I know that cows fed silage are healthy cows and if I eat that meat, the protein gets into my body through a natural means. Put simply, our bodies are not made to digest materials that are presently in our most popular food sources.
Arguably, the greatest impact we are having in the UK is through focusing children in schools on 'healthy lifestyles', taking a positive and holistic to health promotion. Just at the point where we are beginning to see real results, central government funding is withdrawn. Sadly the outcomes do not present themselves swiftly enough to gain political capital for politicians who look at accruing credit in the short term. It is the electorate who have to change this limited viewpoint through the ballot box.
Obesity how does it start and when does it start, whom does it affect are some questions that need definite answers. Eating is definitely the prime cause but how man care about what they eat,. Its unfortunate that people eat for the sake of enjoyment rather than necessity.wine and whiskey meat and chips burgers and chicken noodles and puffs are the most often consumed foods what can the government do can it ask you to stop eating or can they supply food that is only necessary.
Obesity starts with the fetus. A larger newborn is more likely to become overweight or obese. Even a high weight increase in the first week following birth is tied to later overweight. In addition, rapid growth during the first year as well as during childhood has also been found to promote later obesity. Mardones also found that there was a linear increase in later childhood obesity with birth weight.
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