The effect of obesity on children

In recent time, there has been an increase in the rate obesity among children. This has equally brought about obesity related conditions among children. There are so many ways obesity affect children, mentally, psychologically physically and health wise. The most common ones include...


EARLY MATURATION
Obesity can cause early development of puberty in girls. A condition that can increase the likelihood of menstrual irregularities. This is associated with an increase in the distribution of fat to the upper body. It increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.


SLEEPING DISORDER
Obesity can cause sleeping disorder in children. They experience intervals of cessation of breathing that last for about 10 seconds or more. This is called 'sleep apnea'. During these periods, oxygen levels in the blood falls. This causes restlessness at night.


CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Obesity in children and poor eating habits leads to increase in the level of blood cholesterol. This is one of the major causes of heart diseases and premature deaths. When you are overweight or obsessed, your blood pressure rises, putting more strain on the heart.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Obesed children are often teased about their size and rejected by their peers. They don't often in sports or other activities that require alot of movement because they are not always able to move as fast as others. This can bring about isolation, rejection and depression.


Being overweight or obesed leads to a variety of health, mental, physical and psychological issues.
However introducing a good and healthy eating and healthy living habits to your child(ren) from infant and gradually exposing them to exercises will help in checking their weight from an early stage. This will also help them live a healthy life.

Metabolism and weight loss

Some people eat a large amount of food always and still maintain a very good athletic figure. if you ask how they manage it you will get an answer like it is their metabolism. What then is metabolism and what role does it play in weight loss.

Simply put ,metabolism is the rate at which we use up energy as calories. The higher our metabolic rate the more calories we burn and the better for our weight loss and vise versa. this however depends on a number of factors.

Eating less can slow down your metabolism and weight loss according to most nutritionists. They believe that when you eat small amount of food or calories, the body believes that there is not enough food available. It then start to slow metabolism in an effort to conserve the available energy. This in turn slows down your weight loss as the body now instead of using up the reserved fat will keep it and start burning muscle tissues.

The best way to avoid this is to make sure you eat enough food to keep the body from sensing that it should go into starvation. However you should control your calorie intake to enable you achieve your weight loss. Visiting qualified nutritionists is advisable so that they can tell you the most appropriate amount of calories suitable for your dietary requirement. When dieting to achieve weight loss metabolism may slow down, however exercise can help take care of the extra calories and help your weight loss.
Regular exercise remains one of the best ways to improve your metabolic rate, gain more muscles and achieve your weight loss as it helps the body burn more calories efficiently.

WANT TO PUT OFF THAT EXTRA WEIGHT?...........EXERCISE IS THE KEY

Being overweight is not part of a healthy living. In other words to live a healthy life one have to put off that extra weight. Weight loss is actually all about burning more calories than you take in.

Some people put on weight all over their body while some on different parts-the HIP, BUTT, THIGHS, LEGS, STOMARCH etc. Taking care of the extra weight when it comes is always a major concern because most people don’t know how to go about it and if you don’t take care of it, it will keep growing.

The question now is how one can know the best way to burn the calories to loss weight. This aside, understanding the basics of how to lose weight, eating habits that are beneficial to or against weight loss and knowing how to and what form of exercise to undertake to enhance weight lose is another hurdle to cross. You can view the following blogs and read more on exercise and its health and wealth benefits to man. exercise for health; your home your private gym; fitness + health = wealth;

Motivation and commitment has a major role to play if you are to be successful in your quest to put off that extra weight. The following tips will be very helpful in case you want to create a successful program for weights lose.

SET A GOAL. Set out a plan for what you want to achieve, your aim and purpose. Let your motivation come from what you stand to gain at the end of the program.

LIFE STYLE. Your weight lose program will definitely affect your life style. You must be ready to make necessary changes to your life style where relevant for you to achieve your goal.

YOUR DOCTOR. Getting approval from your doctor is another necessary step towards achieving your goal. This is to know your health status, to confirm if you are healthy enough to embark on the exercise to avoid complications in your health.

CONSULT A PROFESSIONAL. Getting the services of a professional is another important point to note. He or she will motivate, encourage and guide you on what to do, how and when to do it. You can contact the person that posted this blog regarding issues on exercise and weight loses.

Make up your mind; Get rid of that extra weight now.  

REASONS YOU REGAIN WEIGHT

                 

In recent time, many people are getting involved in one form of weight loss program or another. There are many reason they engage in this programs which include good outlook, taking care of extra fat, to maintain weight loss, for good health and many more.

Apart from exercise, weight loss diets are added to get a better and faster result. Most people do actually get the needed result only for them to regain the weight in no time. This has made many to doubt the effectiveness of the weight loss program.

However there are many factors responsible for the weight regain. The following reasons might just be the cause.

THE PROGRAM  In  an effort to lose weight fast we follow diet programs that are not sustainable for long term. This may include taking low calorie diets and diets that restrict so many food groups. This is coupled with an unrealistic exercise program which may require getting a little exercise or an extremely intense exercise. You may lose weight fast but your body will start craving for those food you are restricted to eat which you may eventually give in and in the case of extreme exercise it may start having adverse effect on you like dizziness, fatigue, constipation and you may become burned out.

YOUR LIFE STYLE : Living an inactive life style is another culprit of weight regain. Sitting at a place for a long period can actually shut down your metabolism. Most people sit all day without getting active in any way, even when they get home they sit with the TV set and eventually go to bed without any form of exercise. For some people once they lose weight, they go back to their old way of life.

LACK OF REGULAR EXERCISE:  Lack of regular exercise is another known cause of weight regain. Exercise is very vital for successful weight loss and also to prevent weight regain. Studies have shown that regular exercise and active life style are very vital for weight loss to be sustained. However everyone needs a different amount of exercise depending on a variety of factors which include body composition, weight, age, gender, fitness level, stamina etc.

TIME : How long you continue to maintain your weight loss is another crucial factor for you to keep off or regain weight. Studies have shown that people who maintain their weight loss for a longer period tend to keep it. This will also help you to master how to exercise right, to know how much exercise you need and the amount of calories you burn and take in.

WHAT TO DO TO KEEP THE WEIGHT LOSS

-         Exercise regularly

-         Be active

-         Stick to your weight loss program

-         Always think of what you stand to gain, this will give you a lot of motivation

-         Do away with life styles that are set backs to your weight loss

-         Make it gradual and steady

-         Slowly build your strength and stamina before going to extreme exercise

Always look beyond weight loss and be prepared to maintain the weight loss for a long period to obtain a sustained result. Even when you fall off your program which is bound to happen, recognize and admit the mistake as this will help you get back to your program.