One of the issues that is discussed in the movie "Food Inc." which I will be promoting all this week on my blog, is diabetes and obesity in America. Surprisingly, or rather unsurprisingly, this topic was touched upon briefly last night in the first episode of my favorite show, Biggest Loser Season 8.
It has been proven that high calorie, sugar laden processed foods coupled with our inactive lifestyles is growing our waistlines in America and contributing to serious health issues like diabetes, heart ailments and cancers. One-third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese.
The character Sean, from season 8, a youth pastor and daddy-to-be from Tulsa, OK was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes that he was unaware of. Shocking that he was living unknowingly with type 2 diabetes. I can't wait to see the transformation of these overweight/obese contestants. I am so inspired when I see how hard these people work to regain their health. I will also be interested to see if Sean is able to overcome this newfound health issue.
As a side note: I have a friend who is about 40 pounds overweight. She says about losing weight "I just need to make healthier choices." I think this may be one of the biggest misconceptions in America today. I have been forty pounds overweight before and I had to work out twice a day and adhere to a 1200 calorie per day regime...and it still took 2 months for me to lose that weight! I had to regain muscle and repair my metabolism before I could lose all that fat. I want to say to my friend "honey, you DO need to make healthier choices...but that is not going to lose the weight." These contestants on Biggest Loser are dedicating everyday solely to losing weight. It just cracks me up and discourages when people think they just need to make "a couple of small changes". Once you are 40 pounds overweight, let alone 250 pounds overweight, you are going to have to dedicate a lot of energy and time to losing the weight. I wonder if people get discouraged when they don't see results because they have not been realistic about what it will take.
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I've tried everything to lose weight, short of diet and excersize. None of it works.
ReplyDeleteIn any case, I just got back from traveling overseas and I did not see one overweight person. Its only in America, and actually the UK has fat people too. But I refuse to believe its always a 'glad problem' or something like that. Otherwise people would be fatasses all over the world.
And why are poor people always fat?