Obesity
Obesity is the mother of all diseases. Need we explain about how there has been a spike in cases of obesity among children and youth? All that junk foods we gobble down and the lack of exercise has caused more harm than anything else. In 2017, the New England Journal… ...Read more
Obesity is the mother of all diseases. Need we explain about how there has been a spike in cases of obesity among children and youth? All that junk foods we gobble down and the lack of exercise has caused more harm than anything else.
In 2017, the New England Journal of Medicine released a study focusing on how the world is becoming obese. The pan-global research analyzed nearly 68 million people through 1980 to 2015 and found that 12 per cent of adults and 5 per cent of children could be classified as ‘obese.’ That’s how severe the ailment is.
Causes for obesity may seem rather obvious to us. Here are some of the many reasons leading to obesity:
- Genetics
- Junk food
- Lack of physical exercise
- Chronic stress
- Certain medications like antidepressants, insulin etc.
- Hormone imbalance
- Excessive sugar consumption
- Exercise regularly: Something as simple as walking, jogging or cycling could help in the long run.
- Play outdoor games like badminton, cricket or football that can help in some family indulgence time also.
- Avoid sugary foods.
- Say no to junk foods. Junk is actually what the name suggests, junk. It needs to be controlled and if possible, eliminated from your regular diet completely.
- Reduce stress.
