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Preventing Disease With Obesity

Posted by Healthyou, Consumer Health Educator on Thursday, May 10, 2012, In : Videos

So your weight is unhealthy and you are diagnosed as obese, this means your body mass index is over 30.

The risks are high for non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, dabetes and strokes.

Obese people are at greater risks than their normal weight counterparts for certain cancers, respiratory problems and asthma; they can die prematurely.

One way obese people can insure themselves against disease is through physical activity.

Here is a video on physical activity. Enjoy!

There is an online...

About A Healthy Weight Loss Diet

Posted by Healthyou, Consumer Health Educator on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, In : Videos

When we talk about dieting the first thing that may come to mind is eating less or less frequently.

For the purpose of losing weigh, dieting can be misunderstood and therefore can do more harm than good.

When it comes to losing weight I prefer to use the term diet modification which involves healthy eating and calorie control.

Healthy eating means eating your three meals each day including breakfast. Healthy eating for weight control means not starving yourself nor binging.

In this video there...

Obesity Related Diseases- A Video

Posted by Healthyou, Consumer Health Educator on Friday, January 27, 2012, In : Videos

Obesity is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCD's).

The common NCD's are heart disease, strokes, diabetes, hypertension and cancer.
Watch this video.

NCD's are not the only health problems related to obesity, obesity is also related to, and can cause other problem such as:

Depression
Joint pain
Lack of energy
Osteoporosis
Mobility problems
Social problems
Respiratory problems

Healthy eating and physical activity are vital to maintaining a healthy weight, beginning ...

Finding A Balance To Lose Weight

Posted by Healthyou, Consumer Health Educator on Sunday, January 8, 2012, In : Videos

This video is about finding a balance in one's lifestyle to lose weight and prevent obesity.

The two methods for treating overweight /obesity are heathy eating and physical activity.

Even if other methods such as medication, surgery or behaviour modification are employed, these two are vital and must be included. This means finding a balance in lifestyle with them.

Balancing the calories eaten with the calories burn would involved healthy eating, calorie control and physical actviity.

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Physical Activity In Treating Obesity-Study

Posted by Healthyou, Consumer Health Educator on Saturday, November 26, 2011, In : Videos

If you've been reading or following this blog you know that physical activity is a necessary treatment for weight control. Quite often, though there are failures because of unrealistic weight loss expectations.

One in particular is how much weight should be lost and within what period of time.

How much weight loss is enough.

This is a video on several studies done between 1997 and 2007

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Overweight/Obesity A Health Risk Factor

Posted by Healthyou, Consumer Health Educator on Friday, September 30, 2011, In : Videos

Even overweight could affect your heart health. Watch this video from the Center of Disease Control.

Subscribe to the self-developed plan and start reducing or eliminating overweight/obesity as risk factors.
http://healthyweightdecisons.com/self-developed-plan.php

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Healthy Eating With Weight Control

Posted by Healthyou on Friday, September 23, 2011, In : Videos

When we talk about weight loss, weight control, weight mangement or healthy weight, we may think of eating less and exercising more.

Exercise and diet modification are both necessary and must be combined for their success.

Diet modification involves more than eating less and controlling calories, it involves healthy eating.

According to experts when comtemplating losing weight and keeping it off calories count and not just carbohydrates. When contemplating a healthy weight loss, healthy eatin...