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Child and Te e n a g e Obesity

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Alcohol accounts for of a adults calorie intake

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Binge drinkinge has also been associated with an array of adverse behaviours including poor diet, unhealthy weight control, body dissatisfaction and sedentary behaviour.

Analysis of data from the National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS) a nationally representative survey of the United States population, found that for both men and women, those who consumed the greatest quantity of alcohol the least frequently (ie binge drinkers), were the most overweight. Similarly, a cross sectional study of men and women in Denmark found that for a given level of alcohol intake, obesity was inversely associated with drinking frequency, whereas the amount of alcohol consumed.

The recommended daily calorie (kCal) intake is 2,605 kcal for men and approximately 2,079 kcal for women. One unit of alcohol contains 56kcal.

An average person need to consume about 400600 calories in a mealtime. (If he takes 3 main meals and 2 snacks.) The calorie content of many items are far more than that level.

For example; KFC chicken pot pie have 790 calories. If you eat that and drink 300 ml of Pepsi, which contain 170 calories, you will have a total of 960 calories.

A McDonald’s Big Xtra Hamburger with cheese have 810 calories. A Burger King’s Club Chicken Sandwich is loaded with 700 calories.

Eating too much saturated fat can increase bad cholesterol level in the blood. Elevated level of cholesterol is the main cause of heart attack, stroke and peripheral vascular diseases.

Think that if you eat 220 more calories a day, you will gain one pound of extra fat in your body in two weeks time. That means, 24 pounds in one year. That is a lot of weight gain. So, don’t visit those restaurants more than once a week.

Most of the convenient foods contain high levels of saturated fat. This type of fat is mostly derived from animal products such as meat, eggs and butter. Palm oil and coconut oil also contain significant amounts of saturated fat.

IN Infants are Overweight

The results showed the relationship between rapid weight gain for length between birth and 6 months and childhood obesity at age 3 was significant, even after adjusting for factors such as prematurity or babies who were underweight at birth.

Overall, children in the highest quartiles based on weight-for-length measurements at birth and 6 months had a 40% probability of childhood obesity by age 3, compared to 1% for children in the lowest quartiles.

“At first it may seem implausible that weight gain over just a few months early in infancy could have long-term health consequences, but it makes sense because so much of human development takes place during that period — and even before birth,” says researcher Matthew Gillman, MD, of Harvard’s Obesity Prevention Program, in the news release. “Now we need to find out how to modify weight gain in infancy in ways that balance the needs of the brain and the body.”