Obesity, a heredity problem

Child Obesity has gone rampant. We are supposed to control this kind of ill. But how did our children get to this point? What are the hidden reasons why our children are obese? Are we as parents contributing to the child obesity?

Somehow, someway we have to focus on our own weight situation before we can begin to focus on our children. A better scenario here is to focus on both – parents and children. We need to first determine what we are doing to create obesity. Once we have established the answer to this question, we can begin our attack to rid our families of obesity.

Obesity is defined as having too much fat on your body. How did you get too much fat on your body? Have you paid attention to what foods you were consuming? Can you identify what foods are ‘bad’ for you? Have you thought about what you can do to change your situation? Do you know what you are doing to the bones and joints in your body having too much fat? Do you have any idea as to what you are doing to your heart?

Three facts to be focused on while contemplating the situation of obesity you are faced with are:

• Unhealthy eating combined with a lack of physical activity causes obesity,
• The top cause of obesity is unhealthy eating habits, and
• If you have a history of obesity in your family, you could inherit this dreaded illness.