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Which is Better “Diet or Exercise?
In a perfect world everyone would exercise enough and eat healthy all the time. But that is not possible, so experts have questioned what is most important to lose weight, fight disease and improve overall well-being: whether to diet or exercise.
Here is what you can do to better the situation.
Weight loss diet is the winner. Investigations clearly show that cutting calories from your daily food intake is the most direct route to get a size smaller. Since it is much easier to eliminate 500 calories daily food intake, to spend about an hour in the gym burning 500 calories every day of the week. However, the combination of both is excellent for losing weight fast.
To gain more energy the winner is exercise. Exercise causes the brain to produce neurotransmitters invigorating as dopamine and norepinephrine. So people who train consistently report significant increase in their energy and even report having a good sleep and quality. Read the rest of this entry »
Recipe for fighting obesity
Changes in diet and daily physical activity have meant that our society suffers from excess weight, which affects the physical and mental health of many people. To address this “pathology” specialists insist the key to prevention lies in proper education from early childhood.
1. Is the world obese?
Obese. Spain is among the five countries with the highest rate of obesity and overweight in Europe. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity and overweight characters has reached global epidemic. More than one billion adults are overweight and of these, at least 300 million are obese.
In Spain, data 2007 of the Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity (SEED), say 15.5 percent of adults are obese and 38 percent are overweight. Therefore, adding overweight and obesity, we can say that 54 percent of the Spanish population is overweight.
Today our country is among the five highest rates of obesity and overweight in adults in Europe, but if we sum in the child population data are alarming, especially as some bands between 11 and 17 years, where we led the list.
To understand the situation, it is interesting to know what they mean by medical societies obesity and overweight. Both terms are measured by body mass index (BMI), a result that is obtained by dividing the person’s weight by height squared.
If it is below 18.5 is considered that the individual is thin, if obtained between 18.5 and 25, are normal weight. If the result is between 25 and 30 speaks of overweight and above 30, this would be a case of obesity.
It is necessary to control weight
Obesity is a problem that every day is more common although there is greater awareness about its impact on health. Besides being an important factor in risk for heart diseases, may also increase the likelihood of developing a variety of ailments, including diabetes, arthritis and certain cancers.
The fact of being overweight or obese can cause profound psychological effects and terrible misery. Diets snapshots, however, have their own problems and in few occasions lead to lasting weight loss. Rather, it would have to reduce excess weight in a gradual manner through a balanced diet and healthy.
In large part, a healthy weight is a personal matter. Each person is comfortable with a certain weight and shape and, for many, the ideal weight is best determined on the basis of how they feel, rather than using a table of weight. While these tables can provide a basic guide as to which is a healthy weight for each individual, are usually too limited in taking into account the structure and physical characteristics of each.
Overweight and obesity are conditions in which there is excess body fat.
The difference is just a degree, being the most severe obesity condition. In recent years there has been a trend away from traditional tables of weight and height to weight assessment form called body mass index (BMI).
You can calculate your BMI by dividing your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in meters.
Underweight: having underweight is a less common and may be related to a chronic disease or nutritional disorder such as anorexia nervosa. Those who are underweight may be at higher risk for disease.
Healthy: If you walk into this categoriaa ideal weight and you would have to propose to maintain this level in coming years.
Overweight: The people who come into this category can have health problems. They present a moderate risk of heart disease and would have to take steps to lose weight long term.
Obese: Obesity is closely associated with poor health status and are at major risk for a wide range of disorders. Persons falling in this category should take immediate steps to lose weight.
Very obese: At this weight, health is at serious risk and must take immediate steps to lose weight under medical supervision.