Obesity in America
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Gastric Bands For Kids! Whatever Happened to Losing Weight the Natural Way?
Aug 28th
I was browsing the internet and came across a consumer report that stated that the FDA is considering approving gastric bands for teens so they can lose weight. If you are not familiar with the gastric band, it is an inflatable silicone band placed around the top portion of the stomach to create a pouch that restricts food intake. The report went on to say that since it was a great success with adults, they are looking to offering it to teens between the ages of 14 to 17.
What happened to losing weight the natural way?
When you think of all of the technology that we are using to lose weight, it becomes a little bit overwhelming knowing that there is a new miracle pill, weight loss patch or stomach machine that will help curb your appetite and help you lose 12 pounds in 2 weeks. What happen to the regular way? Eat smaller portions, exercise, make sure you incorporate vegetables in every meal and eat a lot of fruit. I know it is much more difficult then it seems but it is worth a try.
The Gastric Band is a simple procedure and does not require a lot of surgery but guess what? It is not a full solution to teen conquering their obesity. They still have to eat smaller portions and exercise. They will still have to work on controlling their eating habits and eat foods that help them balance their nutrition. Teens also have to stick to a rigorous routine checkup at the doctor. So, if they have to make a choice of going to the doctor or hanging out with their friends, which one you think will be rescheduled?
So what is the point of it all?
The gastric band sounds like a great way to help end childhood obesity but it is still the natural way that will actually help them lose the weight.
Childhood Obesity – Promote Healthy Food Intake
Aug 4th
Childhood obesity is very much disturbing to parents of affected children. Parents should give more attention to this condition in children. It further impedes the normal growth in children and turns into grave medical conditions like diabetes or high blood cholesterol or hypertension. It is the root of destabilized self-esteem and severe depression causing fatal consequences. The best way out of this complication is to advocate a healthy food intake with regular exercising habits, which parents must set up at the earliest to save children from the miserable condition. It is about the future of children and as parents, you should give it top priority. Discuss the matter with your family doctor, who understands your problem better than any one else and follow his recommendations religiously. You will positively contribute to the improvement of the health of children for brighter future.
Arranging healthy food intake for children is not at all a difficult proposition, but is an idea of life to make healthy food habits in the family for the well being of every member of the family. You should be very much conscious about the fact that if you practice healthy eating, your children are going to go after it without fail.
Keep plenty of green vegetables in the diet. Add fresh fruits and whole-grain items. Dairy item means low-fat milk or products with negligible fat content. Protein portion of the diet should be composed of lean meat, fish, chicken and lentils or beans. Be careful about the size of portions, which should be in the lower capacity. Avoid cold drinks or other sweetened beverages and instead drink plenty of water. Make the recipe with a different idea to make it interesting to children on different days, but stay within limits of the mission. You can consult the dietitian for new ideas on recipes to break the monotony of children at the dining table. In short, take interest in making children satisfied so that they accept the food habit willingly. You will surely achieve the goal of creating healthy food intake for children to come out of the condition of obesity.
Take proper interest in engaging children in physical activities to burn excess calories by creating occasions for fun and merriment. Help them to grow interest in a particular kind of sport so that they automatically shed enough calories, like tennis, badminton, base ball games and so on. When you do so, you actually make the children to learn active, which is a great support to make improvement in their health condition of obesity as well as they regain the highly essential self-esteem and suitable confidence to enjoy the life in a much better manner.
