In more recent decades, Obesity has become a public health crisis worldwide. According to statistics of the medical condition, obesity-related illnesses are on the rise, is linked to severe chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and cancer.
Many reasons make Obesity on the rise, but the main reason is uncontrollable eating habits. Because globalization, urbanization and increasing incomes make change from mainly plant-based and high in fiber (rice and vegetables/vegetables/fruits) to a diet high in calories, high in fine starches, sugar, fat, salt, processed foods, meat and other products of animal origin.
To answer the question: “ How to reduce the risk of obesity in society today?” We have learned and come up with measures to help improve the current obesity situation.
An appropriate diet with general principles
The first rule to lose weight is that the amount of energy taken into the body (in calories) must be lower than the number of calories consumed during the day. Thus, on the one hand, it is necessary to reduce energy supply through food, and on the other hand, it is also necessary to increase daily caloric consumption by increasing body activity.
Make an appropriate diet with general principles such as reducing animal meat, fat, increasing fiber as more vegetables, fruits, grains.... You should consult a nutritionist or treating doctor to have an appropriate diet to pursue.
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Take exercise to lose weight:
Exercise is the best way to lose weight because many people were successful in weight loss. However, you need to choose the right exercise for yourself. Otherwise, it will cause unwanted incidents, counterproductive for weight loss. Physical activity keeps bones, respiratory system, circulatory system healthy, in addition, it also helps prevent overweight and obesity.
To reduce the risk of obesity in society today, everybody need to limit sedentary behavior, encourage people to increase physical activity, especially children because now they are just all in front of their smartphones, watching Tv, playing video games, computers. Using smart electronic equipment make the eyes not good, a serious problem is short-sighted. So let's give them exercise habits.
Make the secret to effective weight loss by not skipping breakfast:
Many people are often incorrectly thought about breakfast, they think breakfast is a side meal. Therefore, many people regularly skip this meal. It's a wrong one really!
Breakfast is the best way to start a new day with study and work. When you don't eat in the morning, it makes you eat more in the afternoon and evening to replenish energy. In the evening, the activity is not much, you don't burn off what you're eating that makes your body heat increase, Increasing the number of fat accumulates. This is the main cause of obesity.
Get Enough Sleep.
Getting enough sleep is the key to a scientific weight loss method
Another important tip is to get enough sleep, every night should be 7 to 8 hours. On the other hand, when staying up late at night, the amount of ghrelin increases rapidly, making the body hungry and craving food. Therefore, the amount of additional food is the source of the accumulation of excess fat if maintaining the habit of staying up late.
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