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- Compared to our grandparents we:
- Eat more
- Are less active and less fit
- This has resulted in dramatic increases in the rates of obesity,
diabetes and heart disease.
- Obesity and its causes are responsible for 20% of your health premium.
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- The BMI is a measure of body fat percentage unless you are very muscular
- BMI of less than 25 is healthiest
- BMI of 30 or more is considered obese
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- In 1980:
- 15% adults obese (BMI=30)
- 32% adults overweight (BMI 25-29.9)
- In 2001:
- 31% adults obese
- 35% adults overweight
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- Childhood obesity leads to adult obesity
- If a child is obese between ages 6 – 17 years they are 5 – 7 times as
likely to be an obese adult
- * From Whitaker RC, et al. NEJM 1997;337:869-73
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- Currently:
- 25% of obese children are pre-diabetic
- If we do nothing differently:
- 35% of children born in 2003 will develop diabetes
- Those with diabetes will lose an average of 13 years of life
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- Diabetes
- Heart disease
- Kidney failure
- High blood pressure
- Certain cancers
- Arthritis
- Many other conditions
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- The combination of increased fit muscle and fitness and healthy food
choices will:
- Increase your lifespan
- Decrease the risk of
- diabetes,
- heart disease
- Certain cancers
- Be more effective than any medical or drug therapy
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- Modest changes in weight and activity produce large benefits
- In those at high risk for diabetes walking 30 minutes a day and losing
10 pounds decreased diabetes rates by 58%
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- Food Choices:
- More fruits and vegetables
- More whole grain foods
- More fish and poultry
- More poly and monounsaturated fats (canola oil, olive oil, etc) instead
of saturated fat (animal fats, shortening, lard)
- Less fat overall
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- What is enough?
- 10,000 steps a day = 5 miles of walking per day
- Or equivalent
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- Slowly and gradually
- Adopting small changes we can live with
- Adding additional small changes 2 or 3 times a year
- Setting examples for our children
- Listening to what our children are hearing at school
- Keeping a positive message – “Eat and play your way to better health”
- Look for more information from work and schools over the next year
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