Please share an interesting fact about overcoming obesity.

Ignore: It's easy to change if you have an open mind, and can change various food combinations.

Ignore: Often, "hunger" is our body's craving for water, so have a glass of water as a snack.

Ignore: Weight reduction has been known to increase fertility chances.

Obesity: Obesity is often a symptom of a disease itself, physical or mental.

If: If goal is to loose body fat, best foods to eat are fats of natural origin, lard, butter, bacon etc.

Diets: Diets don't work well in teenagers. Better to focus on physical activity ; disengage from technology.

Which: Which foods are more easily stored as body fat, fat or sugars? Overwhelmingly, it is sugars = carbs.

If: If one wants body weight to go ↓, which makes more sense: tracking calories or actual body weight?

Smaller: Smaller plates can help portion control.

Substitute: Substitute water for soda and save 200 calories.

People: People who skip breakfast are more likely to be obese.

You: You usually absorb about 30% less calories from almonds than listed.

The: The Body Mass Index assesses body fat and is recommended for all children ages 2 years and older.

Weight: Weight management, healthy diet& regular physical activity can help prevent about 1/3 of cancerCases.

Fat: Fat is essential for the human body to function. It supplies calories and essential fatty acids.

1/3: 1/3 of children and adolescents are overweight or obese.

Children: Children born to obese mothers are twice as likely to be obese, and to develop type 2 diabetes.

Overweight: Overweight at midlife independently increase risk of dementia, Alzheimers, and vascular dementia.

68.8%: 68.8% of individuals diagnosed with arthritis are overweight or obese.

Obese: Obese individuals are at greater risk of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, a liver disease that can kill.

Fatty: Fatty liver is one of the major causes of cirrhosis in American, behind hep C and alcoholism.

Approx.: Approx. 20% of cancers in women and 15% of cancers in men are attributable to obesity.

Focus: Focus more on fitness and less on weight. It is better to be fit than to be skinny.

Ignore: Research shows that lack of sleep increases the risk of obesity.

Ignore: Diet sodas are proven to increase obesity! Avoid all sodas. Have water, coffee, tea or try kombucha.