Posts Tagged ‘Obesity’

Healthy Foods for Kids

How do you create healthy recipes for your kids that they will actually enjoy? Not the easiest task always. We all know that eating healthy is a requirement of staying fit, but it an be a daunting task when you have one or more children.

Kids have very peculiar tastes. One day they need peanut butter and grape jelly, the next they can’t eat anything but pizza! Some kids absolutely love the sauce on pizza, but they won’t touch spaghetti because it has tomato sauce on it! They can be strange at some times, but they are still your kids. How do you deal with it? Well hopefully we will offer some ideas here.

Healthy Recipes aren’t hard to come by, but they can be difficult to make sometimes, and other times they just won’t cut the mustard. You need ideas that your kids will enjoy on a regular basis so that you can rest easy knowing they are eating their food and, more importantly, enjoying it. If your kids don’t like what they are being fed, they will turn irritable, grumpy, and throw tantrums. So, here are some quick tips…

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Do You Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Options to Heal Aching Wrists

If you have recurring wrist pain and suspect it is carpal tunnel syndrome, there are simple tests to confirm it. Aching wrists and numb hands can be caused by other conditions, but the most common symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome are numbness or tingling in the fingers and pain in the hand, fingers or wrist.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by compression of the median nerve as it passes through the wrist other conditions that can exacerbate that include arthritis, pregnancy, obesity and hypothyroidism.

There are three main tests:

In the Tinel Test, the doctor presses on (or taps) the median nerve in the patient’s wrist. If the patient feels increased tingling or a shock-type sensation, that’s a good indication of carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Phalen Test is one you can do yourself. Hold your arms straight out in front of you at ninety degrees to your body. Press the backs of your hands together for one minute. This compresses the carpal tunnel and will cause similar symptoms. Read more…

Does Your Child Have Sleep Apnea?

Adults are becoming increasingly aware of the dangers of this potentially destructive condition that can cause a variety of other serious disorders and diseases such as high blood pressure, cardio vascular diseases, Type 2 Diabetes as a result of obesity and poor memory retention. However, children might also be at risk of sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea, or OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) is a sleeping disorder suffered by 18 million Americans, most of whom are unaware they have a problem as 90 – 95% of sufferers remain undiagnosed. The symptoms night only manifest in excessive snoring but also those who have sleep apnea will experience extreme fatigue during daylight hours as a result of a poor sleeping routine. Read more…

How Obesity Causes Pain

The U.S. Center for Disease Control has declared that obesity is an epidemic. One in three Americans are obese, twice as many as in the 1970’s. Soon, being overweight will surpass smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. The accelerating increase in obesity among children is also alarming. It is attributed to less activity and more sedentary behavior (computer and video games, TV) and eating more high-calorie snack and fast foods. Ironically, the world now has almost as many over-nourished as under-nourished people. Read more…

Reverse Diabetes Naturally – These Are the Most Natural Ways to Reverse Diabetes!

It’s estimated that 70 to 80 million Americans either currently suffer from diabetes or have insulin resistance syndrome, which increases their chances of developing this disease. According to the CDC, almost 95% of all diabetes cases are caused by obesity and lack of physical exercise. If you are one of them, then there is no reason to despair.

But How Does a Person Become a Diabetic In The First Place?

This condition occurs when there are problems with the secretion of the hormone insulin. Your body releases this hormone in order to break down the food into glucose and use it to feed your cells.
Unfortunately, sometimes the pancreas either doesn’t produce any insulin or produces it in small amounts. There is also the possibility that for some reason your body doesn’t respond to it, which is a condition called insulin-resistance. Read more…

The Correlation Between Obesity and Depression

We are often envious about those women who have slim waists and those men who sport a wonderful physique. On one hand, this reality cannot be helped because each and every one of us are looking for that special physical attribute that would other people notice us more and would make us have our self-esteems escalated on a different level. For those who want to lose weight, doing so might seem easy at first. Then, when they would already direct their efforts on weight loss measures, they would soon realize that it’s not easy to follow a weight loss regimen, especially one that is too difficult to follow and has too many restrictions.

Obese individuals are usually suffering from emotional, psychological and physical aspects. They are expected to do something unusual, sometimes good and sometimes bad that affects their health. Being obese clearly draws out the idea of being undesirable and unacceptable in our society. The connection between proper nutrition and mental health is impossible to miss. In many cases, lack of foods cannot perform well. The impact of being obese on children makes them feel awkward, forsaken from the normal ones. They become the apples of intrigues. Being overweight as early as kindergarten brings adverse feelings, feelings of depression, anxiety and loneliness. The social and behavioral developments of school-age obese children are examined on how long they become overweight and at what age. Read more…

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What Did You Forget Today? A Poor Night’s Sleep Could Be Behind Your Memory Problems

Scientists have found that a good night’s sleep can seriously improve your memory and a poor night’s sleep will have the reverse effect, leaving us tired, irritable and unable to recall events that happened only minutes earlier!

As we get older, our memory deteriorates slightly. However, the common sleeping disorder known as sleep apnea might be responsible for much of our memory loss: sleep apnea and memory retention are connected. Sleep apnea creeps up on us in that 90 – 95% of sufferers are unaware they have a problem, despite feeling exhausted during the day and unable to function efficiently. Read more…

Obesity – Do You Know the 1 Major Difference Between Being Obese Or Not?

I woke up one morning, looked in the mirror and saw someone else! That was wishful thinking. I am a former obese person and know the feelings I had all those years when I refused to have a mirror close to me. I still remember the awful feelings in my mind about what I had become. I could see the shame on peoples faces. They were polite, but could I ever feel the stares. I learned to hate myself and continued to eat in order to sooth my pain. Until one day, I really had had enough and started searching for the better me. You know what? Under all that skin, I was there and I am so proud of myself today. Sharing my pride has become a mission for me and I need to tell you why. Do you want to listen?

Obesity – Do you know the one major difference between being obese or not?

ENERGY.

Why do you eat so much everyday has to be on your mind most of the time if you are obese. Unless you are sick and have a previous condition that makes you fat or that all your children were born obese or you are genetically predisposed to be chubby or all your friends are plus sized and you just joined the club or you live in a neighborhood for seriously overweight people only(I am getting out of breath), their is no reason for you to accept being like this for the rest of your life. Read more…

Are Sugared Drinks Making Your Kids Fat?

We know it for adults: the risk of obesity increases drastically by consuming sugary drinks regularly. However, we love sugary drinks and on average we quench 2/3 of our thirst with such drinks.

Motives for this strong desire to drink these beverages are numerous; mother’s milk is sweet and maybe leads to an early association between sweet taste and a pleasant feeling of comfort and security.

Sugary drinks are a hazard, because they supply pure sugar and therefore a high contingent of calories as well as a high glycemic index (GI) (The glycemic index is represented by a score between 1 and 100. It helps to judge carbohydrate rich foods in its effect on the amount of blood glucose and the release of insulin in your blood.) These calories are taken in additionally, without your being aware of it. Read more…

How to Trim Childhood Fat – 7 Proven Methods

Here in the United States alone, obesity affects 1 in 5 children.

Eleven percent of the children and adolescents in America are overweight. Also an additional fourteen percent are at risk of becoming fat. So how to trim childhood fat is a big concern for parents who have obese children.

You probably already know that as your child gets older; keeping them lean becomes more difficult. As a responsible parent you will have less control over what they eat at home and especially away from home. You will always be competing with your kid’s peers and TV as models for eating habits. But you are still the biggest and most encouraging influence on your child’s behavior. You as a loving caregiver hold the key to showing them how to trim childhood fat. I’m going to give you proven ways to have a healthier, fit and happier kid.

Trim television time – preschool and school age kids watch an average of 24 to 36 hours of television weekly. This contributes to childhood obesity because of a lack of fat burning exercise.

Monitor snacks – children like and love to eat. Since they get a great percentage of their calories from between-meal snacks, encourage them to eat fruits, veggies and low fat foods. Read more…