Weight Loss Blog

In the Dallas Texas metropolis there are a number of higher educational institutes which periodically send health article to local residences through various hospital groups. One such article was sent to me. Since I am interested in overweight and obese people, the statistics caught my attention.The overweight problem has plagued people for several years and now it is finally becoming a public concern. According to the Texas Comptroller department in 2005, obesity  costed Texas businesses an estimated 3.3 billions dollars. If left unchecked the price could be 15.8 billion dollars by 2025.

So who are all these overweight and obese people. This may surprise you. The adults had  25.8%, while the younger population had 42 % of fourth graders, 39% of the eighth grades and 36% of 11th grades, who  were overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. Notice that each of the younger population groups had more than the adults. To me that seems to indicate that the overweight problem in the future will be HUGH. How will that affect the cost of business? What about the sky rocking health care cost? People in the health care industry will definetly have their work to do.

Since I don’t have statistics for other states there is no way I can compare these figures. But the United States as a whole is the same. Most all  general grocery stores carry the same canned goods, candies, fruits, vegatables  and meats, and most states have fast food places such as MacDonald, Burger King, Wendys ect. There may be some varations in some of the statistics, I still believe the result will be the same, the younger people are becoming fatter each year. This is a trend in America.

These statistics show that not only has the public and businesses ignored this problem, but the schools are also turning a blind eye toward the problem. The schools are suppose to teach basic health concepts. What is healthy about obesity in children?

The good fortune of having a young child around has taught me many things. Kids always seem to have a different way of doing things which are more natural. As I have grown older I have slowly been adding the weight. My excuse was that you get heavier as you get older. You know your systems slow down and it just natural to gain weight. When my doctor started to also notice my weight gains, an alarm went off. How did this happen? In my younger days I was never fat. Of course I was also a lot more active with a family to raise.

My grandson doesn’t have a weight loss problem, he is too skinny in my opinion, but he never seems to lack energy. After some observations on my part I notice that his plate always had less food than mine. And he was always the last one finished with the meal. Then I started to watch him eat. He would stuff the food in his mouth and take forever to chew and chew on the food. He was enjoying the taste of the food. How many adults ever think of chewing their food to enjoy the taste? Most people I have observed gulp down the food as quickly as they can in the short time they take for eating. This is something that I have been guilty of doing myself. When working you need to finish a report, so you take a short break to eat??, no to gulp down some food.

The human body was not designed to handle food this way. After all, part of the digestive process starts with the chewing of food to break it into smaller pieces for the chemical processes in the rest of the system. People need to slow down and start to eat the natural way as kids do.

New Weight Loss articles have been posted to my site. Read them over for some good information. You can also sign up for the free bi weekly weight loss tips to help keep you on track and for a little encouragement. It is soo easy to gain weight, but takes some effort to lose it. I have included some tips to keep in mind while trying to keep the weight off. Concentrate on one pound at a time. It is better to change your eating habits since a habit will have a life long affect on your weight not just a few days or a week. To read the new articles go Weight Loss Article . Don’t forget to click on the blog link at the top of the articles to come back here  and leave a comment or tip to share with others