Archive for the 'Obesity and Parents' Category

What is Obesity?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Obesity is more than just carrying excess fat around your body.  It is that and more, often causing diseases which can cut your life expectancy short, such as heart disease and other vascular illnesses, or diabetes, or a host of other illnesses which occur when the body is subjected to such additional stress and strains [...]

Obesity and Weight Gain.

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Fast food is a massive problem in the West, now spreading to countries which previously never considered ‘fast food’ as we know it.  Countries such as China and Japan are now beginning to succumb to the temptation of Western fast food with the result that populations in these countries are now beginning to suffer from [...]

Movies Portray to Early Childhood Obesity.

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Today in the United States large amounts of research and reports state that early childhood Obesity is due to the overwhelming contribution to movies, and media. We seldom consider that our children watching a TV program could result in them gaining weight. You as a parent should watch a child’s program in a half hour [...]

Fast food and its effects on child obesity.

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

If you notice the commercials today on fast food, you notice they are geared towards our younger generation. Many of these corporations don’t think or stop to ponder on the impact they have with their advertisements. Majority of these figure heads are only interested in money. And with so many impressionable youths today it easy [...]

Childhood Obesity And Responsibility.

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

We are so easy to pass aside the problems of the world until it has an impact on our lives. In today’s world there is a killer that stalks the homes of your family friends and neighbors. This killer is not after certain types of people but after children it does not faction on race [...]