Fast food and obesity

A friend recently emailed me this photo of an obese "David," and since I don't know the source, I can't provide a photo credit.

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This image seems to sum up the current body condition for the developed world.

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Luckily, people are getting fed up with a lack of healthy food options. The Associated Press reported on July 31 that the City Council of South Los Angeles voted for a year-long halt to opening any new fast food restaurants in the poor sections of town where obesity levels are highest.

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South Los Angeles restaurants are 73 percent fast-food, while upscale West Los Angeles only has 42 percent fast-food joints. For the poor it's hard to make healthy choices when fast food is so cheap and readily available.

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In addition, California was the first state to stop trans fats being used in restaurants.

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Let's hope this is the beginning of global awareness to getting trim and fit.

Oh man! Man boobs

If you're a man and have man boobs, then you know it's time to hit the gym.

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However, if you're a boy in the UK, you can just get them surgically removed.

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Sounding like an urban legend, this is a true story according to the Daily Mirror. Obesity in boys and teens are leading to increasing and abnormal hormonal changes.

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The medical term for man boobs is gynecomastia. The article states that normally, overweight boys can just lose weight to reduce their chests, but that gynecomastia is "caused by a hormone imbalance which can be triggered by obesity. It causes firm, tender female breast tissue to grow under the nipples. "

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1020425/Children-obese-surgeons-giving-breast-removal-operations-schoolboysChildren-obese-surgeons-giving-breast-removal-operations-schoolboys.html

nutrition and soft drinks

Carbonated drinks like colas and other flavored sodas contain lots of additives and sugars. Regular and diet soft drinks contain no nutritious elements.
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To drink these on a daily basis surely will damage your body.
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On occasion, I enjoy a cold fizzy root beer, but I don't drink it every day.
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Unfortunately children around the developed world don't realize that they shouldn't drink soda every day.
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One thing to help you get back into shape is start limiting how many soft drinks you have per month.
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Of course the obesity problem is not due to one element such as soda. Many elements come into play. Read this Washington Post article that describes how obesity is rampant in both the affluent suburbs and the poorer inner city areas of the US.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050900721.html?hpid=topnews