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Obesity is a killer and it does not discriminate; nor does it care about your
economic status!
My younger brother succumbed to obesity; he was 45 and left a wife, three children
and siblings. He had many health problems that are attributed to obesity. Obesity
is not hereditary, it is what we put in our mouth!
• Can you imagine you or your loved one walking only a very short distance
because the cartilage is no longer there and the bones in your knees are rubbing
bone on bone?
• Can you imagine you or your loved one taking a few steps and being out of
breath?
• Can you imagine you or your loved one not attending your child’s baseball
game because you or your loved one does not have the energy to get dressed?
• Can you imagine you or your loved one not playing with your child because
you get tired within a matter of seconds?
• Can you imagine going shopping and you or your loved has collapsed in the
bathroom because all of the energy was used walking from the parking lot into the
store even though you parked directly in front of the store in handicapped
parking?
• Can you imagine seeing EMTs running past you not knowing that it is your
loved one that has collapsed?
• Can you imagine the agony of arriving at the hospital to discover that your
loved one has succumbed to OBESITY?
• Can you imagine a funeral director telling you that a casket has to be made
for your loved one?
This is the face of obesity at its worse! If you do not make changes in what you
consume, obesity will take over.
We consume too many processed foods, white sugar, white flour, and dairy. Educate
yourself by reading labels. Become informed by doing your due diligence. Most
people live to eat instead of eating to live. It is no longer a “Southern thing”,
it is a national epidemic. It is up to YOU to make changes in your health. As
adults, we need to make the right choices and be an example for our family and
friends. And the only way to do that is with knowledge because knowledge is power!
Obesity increases the risk of many diseases and health conditions including:
* Type 2 diabetes
* Hypertension (high blood pressure)
* Osteoarthritis (a degeneration of cartilage and its underlying bone within a
joint)
* Dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of
triglycerides)
* Coronary heart disease
* Stroke
* Gallbladder disease
* Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
* Some cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon)
Childhood Obesity
Sadly, high numbers (20%, and this number is growing daily) of our children are
overweight or obese. Being overweight or obese can rob kids of their childhood,
because these health conditions put children at risk for a range of other health
problems. For example, an increase in obesity among minority children is linked
to an increase in type 2 diabetes in these kids.