Saturday, June 6, 2009

Children vs. Adults


Many individuals think obesity is just like smoking, smokers know its bad to smoke but its addicting and they don't want to stop. Although obesity can have that same affect on adults. Overweight adolescents have a 70 percent chance of becoming overweight or obese adults. Therefore parents need to educate and prevent obesity before it gets to that stage of life.
As children they aren't capable to cook their own meals, or go to the grocery store to buy their own food. Parents have a huge influence on what is placed on the dinner table. Mothers need to understand portion size and how much each child needs. Portion size is a huge problem among binge eaters. Size is what matters, be creative and have smaller decorative bowls for cereal, or smaller plates for children. We don't need our chosen generation becoming obese, we need to START at HOME by making the right choices and teaching our children the true way of being healthy.

On the opposite side, adults have a great impact on their own life on how they think and what they want to eat. Most adults are too stubborn to change their lifestyle. It is truly sad when it comes to having their children or relatives beg for their loved one to change and better their life so they can live longer. How do we help our relatives who are overweight have a different view of a better life? How do we help them understand they need to change their lifestyle? How can we motivate them to stay on this earth longer than what is expected? What motivates them? How do those individuals on the TV show Biggest Loser surrender themselves to a program such as that? Any answers?!

It would be so much easier if children start developing a healthy lifestyle at a young age so once they were older they will know how to maintain their weight, to be enriched and to have balance in their every day life.

2 comments:

  1. I watch the Biggest Loser and its amazing to watch them change their lives! I know its tough completely changing your life like that. Good for them!

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  2. I think one has to take steps in order to achieve long term behavior change- there is no overnight cure for this problem. Parents set a great example to their kids on how to eat because kids will watch what and how much their parents eat.

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