5 Obesity Effects that Have Nothing to do with Your Waistline

When we think of obesity effects, we tend to think about size. It usually calls to mind thoughts of bathroom scales and waistline measurements. However, this condition is a disease, not a size. Its impact on the body is far greater than needing a larger clothing size.

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How Culture Affects Obesity Rates

how culture affects obesity

Culture affects obesity by changing the way a person eats and exercises.

There is something to be said about how culture affects obesity rates.

When we are losing weight, we often don’t take into consideration our respective nationality which in-turn affects our genetics—which in turn affects our weight.

What to take into consideration and why:

Not to say that any one race is any better or worse for losing or gaining weight—but our heritage has a lot to do with gene pool and where we carry our weight the most.

It is a good thing to take into consideration three factors if you have trouble spots.

Race Genes Nationality

Examples of how culture affects obesity rates:

One disclaimer first here—there are cases of a person being of a certain nationality and having an easier or harder time with weight—simply because they live in the US and not on the original continent. This means that lifestyle and habits of the culture can take over.

For example—if you are of a Latin or Italian nationality you may have a bottom-heavy tendency. But, if you live in Italy—you may not have a weight problem. However if you are Italian-American and eat differently than those in the mother country—you may have a tougher time keeping it off your bottom half.

This is because people in Europe do not eat the portions we do and in a lot of places—they do not eat the three meals a day we do. On their homeland they are not eating a lot of the chemicals and preservatives that we do. This is also a factor in weight gain that is to be taken into consideration.

The Europeans also walk a lot more than we do just getting around from one place to another. Is race, genes

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Accepting Yourself, Not Obesity

Accepting Yourself Not Obesity

If you are obese or overweight, like so many of us are, you should love yourself and consider yourself beautiful no matter what number the bathroom scale shows you. However, its important to begin to understand that a large part of self-love is taking care of your body so that it is healthy and you can live a long life. As soon as you start accepting yourself, not obesity, you will be ready to take steps to losing weight and living a healthier life.

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Enabling Obesity – Why Some People Help Others Become Overweight

Enabling Obesity

While this seems like a harsh accusation, the truth is that many people enable those they love to gain weight, not because they don’t love them, but because they do love them. Here are some common reasons why some people help others become overweight or obese.

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Standard American Diet Attributed to Obesity and Poor Health

The Standard American Diet is one that focuses on food for pleasure and convenience, rather than being a diet that encourages good health. The daily caloric content of this diet is high, generally around 2500 calories for the average adult.

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Is Fat Becoming the New Thin?

We live in a society that holds the slogan “Bigger is Better” close to its heart. Everything from TV’s to meals at restaurants seem to all be growing in size and it is no surprise that so are Americans.

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Anti-Cancer Drug Added to Junk Foods

Health Canada announced today that they are contemplating allowing food companies to add an anti-cancer drug to junk foods. This cancer-fighting drug called asparaginase is an enzyme that is used in patients with leukemia and some other types of cancers.

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3-A-Day of Dairy Weight Loss Program

The 3-A-Day of Dairy weight loss campaign is a new diet program that was created by way of a partnership between WebMD’s Weight Loss Clinic and the National Dairy Council.

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Weight Loss Strengthens Immune System

Even though losing weight won’t guarantee you will avoid the flu and other bugs, these studies do give us another good reason to shed our excess pounds.

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Link Between Breast Cancer and Obesity

Though conclusive evidence has not yet been gathered as this would require an exceptionally long-term study, there is more than enough evidence to show that there is a trend linking obesity to the instance of breast cancer.

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