Monday, May 7, 2007

Four keys to prevent adolescents obesity

  • fruits and vegetables:To include fruits and vegetables in your daily diet is very useful .five fruits and vegetables in your meal is very beneficial for the obese adolescents.Fruits and vegetables prevents the obesity in the adolescents .
  • TV or computer :It is recommended that the teenagers should not spend more than two hours in front of TV or computer.Excess spending of time is also increases obesity in the adolescents.Now adays teenagers are spending a lot of time with tv or computer which is not good in terms of obesity.
  • Exercise :Exercise keeps you fit and fine .It reduces excess fat of your body .it is healthy way to fight aginst obesity without any side effect.
  • sugar-sweetened drinks:Most of the teenagers are very fond of sugar sweetened drinks which is not good for their health .it also a factor to increase the obesity in the adolescents.

Jennifer Foltz, M.D., a pediatric fellow and an attending physician at the University of Rochester Medical Center said, “Clinicians and community leaders need to focus on these four, simple goals to get the message across to adolescents and families that small changes can reap lifelong benefits.Doctors should be talking to their patients about nutrition, physical activity and screen time, and the public health community should be promoting and increasing the availability of fruits and vegetables while decreasing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages."

1 comment:

Philomina said...

But, remember one element that you should stop and think about for a minute is what kind of level for body fat you are at both, i mean what is your current weight and where you want to be when you reach your goal weight.

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