over-weight people who are prone to disease and illness.
Our children are suffering from obesity related conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. When you walk down a city street are you ever startled at the number of very young children who are already very over-weight. What will their future be like, what diseases will they suffer, what type of life will they have.
A group of 70 obese American children from the ages of 6 to 19 were subjected to a battery of tests to examine the effect that a diet high in fat had on their young bodies. The results were shocking. All of the obese children had high cholesterol and all were at a very high risk of heart disease and even heart failure. Some of the children were already exhibiting symptoms of those terrible conditions.
One of the tests was measuring the plaque build-up of the carotid arteries. The carotid arteries are on either side of the neck and they supply blood and oxygen to the brain. The disturbing discovery was that these children's arteries had the age of a person in their 40‟s.
That means that their arteries and internal age was more than twice that of their chronological age, as doctors say, “you‟re only as young as your arteries”.
Frightening isn‟t it? We have created an environment for our children that places them at risk for serious diseases. Solely for the reason of diet our children are being robbed of a healthy life. AS adults we need to set the example for children with our nutrition and our exercise because they learn from watching us. We owe it to our children to provide the healthiest foods and plenty of time to exercise and play.
So, I‟m glad you are here, but let‟s make this the last program you do.
You must change how you think about food so that you can stop the pattern of dieting, losing weight, gaining weight over and over again. Stay away from quick fixes like the diet pills, fad diets and crash diets because you are hurting your body and that is something you never want to do.
Think about it this way, if we incorporate a healthy nutrition plan and
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