A study finds that in the last two decades, Canadians have become fatter and less fit. The Canadian Health Measures Survey shows that two thirds of the adult citizens are overweight or obese. Even scarier are the statistics about children. The study shows that 25% are also overweight or obese.
The researchers who conducted the study are alarmed that the most weight gain is around the belly. Fat around the belly is known to be the most dangerous location as it has been proven to cause cardiac damage as well as lead to diabetes. Some argued that Canadians were becoming stronger and the muscle weight altered the alarming rises in weight. Those who conducted the study disproved this by giving the statistics of how the gains were measured. The doctors measured body mass index, waist circumference and skin fold thickness to show that the increase in weight has been negative.
The results from the young adults were the most startling. The waist circumference of 15 to 19 year olds has more than tripled in the last 20 years. It frightens the medical community because these young people are likely to carry bad habits with them throughout their lives.
“The children and youth of Canada are becoming taller but heavier, fatter, rounder, weaker and less flexible than they were a generation ago,” said Mark Tremblay, who led the effort to design and launch the Statistics Canada survey.
“If our younger cohorts are starting off much worse off than in the past, you know it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that there are going to be serious challenges and problems in our future.”
With the rising body fat counts, the flexibility and strength are deteriorating. The research proves that a reduced calorie intake, an active lifestyle and a higher consumption of fruits and vegetables is necessary to change the statistics for the future.
The online dating site BeautifulPeople.com provoked public outcry recently by removing the accounts of over 5,000 members who had reportedly gained weight. Members had posted pictures of themselves after the holidays in which they appeared to have put on a few pounds.
Robert Hintze, the site’s founder, explained the move, saying in an interview with the New York Post, that “letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded.”
The site bills itself as “the sexiest website in the world today”. It attempts to uphold this status by only allowing
members to post profiles after an initial 48 hour trial. During the trial period, existing members vote on whether the new applicant is attractive enough to join the pool. As of November 2009, the site had already refused entrance to 1.8 million people from 190 countries, claiming the applicants were not beautiful enough.
Several state governments have enacted a trans fat ban in order to protect the health of their citizens. The state of California in particular has begun their trans fat ban in order to cut down on health care costs. The legislation is hoped to save the state billions of dollars heading into the future by banning the use of trans fats in cooking and food which is served. Bakeries and restaurants throughout the state have already gotten use to the concept of having no trans fats in their food. A fast food company like Wendy’s has already cut way down on their use of trans fats in order to promote a much healthier menu.
Some of the smaller restaurants in the state of California may struggle in order to abide with the new regulations. The fines involved with the trans fat can vary depending upon how many times a restaurant has been using the trans fats and exactly how much trans fat they used in violation of the law. Arnold Schwarzanegger in particular endorses the law as governor due to the rising cost of health care and the budget deficits they are currently facing in his state. Some critics of the law say it is no more than pure government intervention.
Shedding the weight can be difficult. But Becky Griggs has hit on the secret to weight loss without the need of fad diets or weight loss surgery.
Six years ago Griggs weighed 352 pounds, had high blood pressure, and a host of other medical issues. She decided enough was enough and embarked on a personal journey, shedding 200 pounds and increasing her self image.
According to Griggs, 43, the secret is eating cleanly and regular exercise. Read food labels and stay away refined processed products, sugar, and fat. Plus maintaining portion control with 5 smaller meals throughout the day instead of three large ones is her key to weight loss. The other secret is regular exercise. Griggs says working out and getting sweaty is the best thing you can do. Find a partner to work out with to keep your motivation level high.
Her motivation was high enough that she became a personal fitness trainer and now share her message of diet and exercise to others struggling with weight and self image issues. According to Griggs “It’s taken time, but I know now that this me is the me who I am, and that fat girl, she is not me anymore.”
One of America’s favorite television shows is “The Biggest Loser”. Despite all the drama, tears and weight loss it looks like love is in bloom on this hit show.
Rebecca Meyer the most recent contestant to be sent home made an appearance on another hit show “The Jay Leno Show” where she announced she was dating another former contestant Daniel Wright. Having lost 250 pounds between the two of them they seem to have made up for that weight loss by gaining a whole lot of love for one another.
In the beginning of the show Rebecca and Daniel did not even get along but as time went on they became the best of friends. They went through the weight loss struggle together and continue to lead a healthy and fit life style together, even after their time on the show has ended. Rebecca loves that Daniel is a true gentlemen and is always there for her when she needs that extra push.
The two newly thin love birds travel to each others home town, work out together and even share recipes over the phone when are not physically near each other. It’s great to see something so sweet and loving come out of a very dramatic and intense reality show.
Shay Sorrells and Daniel Wright were eliminated from The Biggest Loser on Tuesday, November 10.
It was a double elimination week.
Daniel was the first to leave after falling below the red line, with only a five pound weight loss during a week when most of the contestants pulled amazingly high weight loss numbers.
Shay had lost an amazing 17 pounds.
Shay lost 100 lbs, during her incredible 9-week journey on the show.
Shay says she works out four hours a day on weekdays and six or seven hours a day on the weekends — with six different trainers.
Both Shay and Daniel appeared on the Jay Leno show yesterday to talk about their incredible journey.
Makes you wonder why the show’s called “The Biggest Lose,” if the person who is losing the most weight wont be in the finals.
Next week on The Biggest Loser is make over week where the final contestants also get to meet with their families for the first time.
The Biggest Loser airs Tuesdays at 8:00pm on ABC.
Kirstie Alley has signed a deal to appear in 10 episodes of a reality show based on her life. The shows will run for half hour, starting in 2010 on the A&E network. The show will go inside Alley’s home to show how she is raising two teenagers, trying to work in Hollywood, taking care of a handful of animals and struggling to lose weight. She starred in the semi-reality show “Fat Actress,” in 2005. The show did not last long. Her weight gains and losses have been in the public eye for years.
She was the spoke’s model for Jenny Craig, and managed to drop 83 pounds. She started gaining it back and was let go from her role as a spokes model. In her new reality show, she will once again try and lose weight while in the public eye. Alley who is now 58 years old hopes to lose the weight for good. Alley has always been very candid and frank about her weight issues, which encouraged A&E to seek out the star.
Eat Cookies to Lose Weight!
The cookie diet by Dr. Sanford Siegal has dieters everywhere pretty excited. Experts are not as thrilled with this latest diet fad, and have called the diet unhealthy. The diet is not exactly like it sounds, though. The cookies, are actually special cookies, that only have 90 calories. They are made up of a combination of amino acids.
Dr. Sanford Siegal is a doctor that has treated 100s of overweight patients. This cookie diet has been around since the 1970s, but was recently featured on a popular morning news show. One woman has gone public with her weight loss results. Josie Rapper has stated she used the cookie diet to drop 120 pounds.
The diet consists of eating a total of six special cookies throughout the day, and then a very low calorie dinner, consisting of only 500 calories. The diet requires a person to drink a lot of water as well. Although a person would be getting a total of 1000 calories a day, they are not exactly healthy calories. Nutritionists are very concerned that somebody that tries this diet, will be missing out on needed fruits and vegetables.
The diet is designed to help a dieter drop calories quickly, in order to keep them encouraged. Eating 1000 calories a day, will certainly do the trick. Most doctors and nutritionists recommend not dropping below 1,200 calories a day.
Obese Middle-Aged Women Face Unhealthy Old Age without a doubt. There are a number of reasons for this. The majority being, smoking, sedentary lifestyles, lack of education. All of these contribute to unhealthy eating and lifestyle choices. Heart attacks, stroke, parkinson’s disease and other problems including mental impairment are all factors of this disease. Although healthy lifesyle changes could poitively impact the prognosis, for some reason these changes are for the most part ignored.
By 50 years old an obese woman can still better her chances of overcoming these obstacles and even increase her lifespan dramatically by cutting back on smoking, eating and 30 minutes of excercise a day. Reports state that the majority of these women had a mental or physical condition which more than likely causes the behaviours. Most of these women had no major defects or chronic illnesses which suggest it is mostly the inability to change.
On a good note women who exercise and maintain a healthy weight or more likely to live past the age of 70 in a healthy state. Those who dont minimize their chances of survival and healthy living. This is common in US mostly because of the sedentary lifestyle we live. Computers are the way the world works now meaning everything is tied to a computer so because of this the motivation to excercise is minimal. If we were to put health and nutrition first instead of money and assets, the world may just be a leaner place, but until then these are hard lessons to learn.
Appearing to have lost two inches off her hips from her last photographs taken in Hawaii last month, Jennifer Love Hewitt is featured on the cover of Shape magazine. The star of CBS’s intriguing drama, “Ghost Whisperer”, Jennifer Love Hewitt plays Melinda Gordon a psychic who communicates with ghosts.
But, her starring role on the cover of Shape is no ghostly creation. Although some wags are claiming that her photo was doctored to loose the extra wide hips, the article that goes with the cover photo claims that she is counting her carbs and working out with her boyfriend Jamie Kennedy.
Actually, the front cover with Jennifer proudly announces how to get rid of an inch around your hips. But, when you look at photographs of her in Hawaii last month and the front page splash, you begin to see where the doubt begins to play in people’s minds. Looks like she took more than an inch off. Actually, her body is like a perfect hour glass. Perhaps, her white bikini had some special wiring in the cups and the natty skirt like bottom might be concealing a slight bulge that her black bikini in Hawaii didn’t. Whatever, her front cover on Shape is really shapely and convincingly wholesome.