Control obesity Is a social issue
Much has been written about obesity and globesity. Obesity is perhaps the biggest drain on all Nations economic resources with a mind-boggling costs that researchers are still to make a final figure. But estimates run into the billions of dollars around the world.
Governments across the world is deeply mired in bureaucratic mechanisms to do more than food guidelines put out. Even this is not the audience.
The issue should be addressed in the first place by the society that massively the problem has spawned.
So what are the social alternatives?
Dissemination of information
This would be perhaps his greatest tool to use against the fight for obesity control. Each institution of schools and collages to corporate to spread, engulfing their audiences have with information about obesity and weight control, the evils, costs for individuals and food guidelines to control obesity. Now the stakes are too high for everyone to the issue be left to Government to tackle alone.
Social boycott of fast food joints
A massive campaign focuses on the youth on the dangers of a fast food culture and how is the food in the very vitals of a healthy society. The campaign can ' No Fast Food ' days, creation of nutritional Communities and clubs that actively opening of new fast food joints in the local community include protest. Nutritional communities can insist on the fast food companies for putting out nutrition information on the food they serve.
Promoting physical activity
Every one especially children should be educated about the benefits of increased physical activities. The computer and television been a major inhibitor of good health among children and adults. The community must raise funds to promote physical culture events and create awareness through public interest advertising.
Lobby the Government
There must be an effective lobbying to legislate laws against fast food and junk food companies, carbonated beverages and drinks that promote high-calorie junk full of toxic chemicals disguised as fruit juices.
Promote healthy foods and herbal nutrition
Traditional herbal food supplements have less to worry about the problems. Awareness about herbal food items and nutritional herbal supplements that promote physical well-being, builds immunity and assists in reducing body fat. Awareness of the consequences for health and bio-friendly nature of herbal food supplements would definitely help in the fight against the problem largely.
Its time for the society to act to control the threat of obesity, take responsibility so that our future generations can lead a life better and more qualitative and enjoy the fruits of modern scientific developments.
Srinivasan
Global health network of the
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