1. Gently massage the space between your eyebrows to induce a deep sleep.
2. Practice deep breathing to reduce blood pressure and muscle tension.
3. Laughter boosts your immune system and decreases stress hormones.
4. Each pound above your ideal weight lowers your life expectancy by 34 days.
5. Socialize up a storm. Connecting with a pal can boost your immune system.
6. A pessimistic outlook may make you four times more likely to catch a cold.
7. Exposure to second hand smoke may worsen menstrual cramps.
8. About 40 to 50 of sexually active women have never been tested for a STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease).
9. Two-thirds of people taking prescriptive allergy drugs may not have allergies.
10. Munch on toast before bed and the carb-fueled serotonin boost will invite slumber.
11. Exercising for six plus hours a week can slash your risk of ovarian cancer by 27%.
12. Eating fish once a week could lower your risk of depression by 30%.
13. Having a sexy fantasy when your body hurts can double your tolerance of pain.
14. Fifteen percent of infertile women can't conceive because of damage by an untreated STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease).
15. Smoking 5 joints a day can be the equivalent of smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
16. Pet a pooch or any other animal today and you will instantly feel less stressed.
17. For 19 minutes soak your boot imprisoned feet in black tea brewed in lukewarm water to make stinky feet smell sweet.
18.Over the past 30 years, the number of overweight children has doubled and the number of overweight teenagers has tripled.
19.Studies show that individuals who are 20% or more overweight run a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, and some forms of cancer.
20.The prevalence of diabetes increased by 33% in the past 20 years, due primarily to the increased number of overweight people.
21.It takes approximately 20 minutes for your brain to know that your stomach is full.
22.The majority of items in existing vending machines contribute to a variety of health issues including obesity, diabetes and heart disease, as well as behavioral issues such as hyperactivity, fatigue and aggression.
23.Over 300,000 deaths per year are caused by poor nutrition and a lack of physical activity.
24.One out of every three children born today will develop diabetes at some point in their lifetime if dietary trends continue as they are today.
25.A can of soda contains 10 teaspoons of sugar.
26.In the US, the average adult drinks about 500 cans of soda a year.
27.In the United States, obesity is second only to smoking as a cause of death.
28.According to the Canadian Pediatric Society, most food advertising on children's TV shows is for fast foods, soft drinks, candy and pre-sweetened cereals.
29.Exercise Boosts Brainpower
Not only does exercise improve your body, it helps your mental function, says certified trainer David Atkinson.
"Exercise increases energy levels and increases serotonin in the brain, which leads to improved mental clarity," says Atkinson, director of program development for Cooper Ventures, a division of the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas.
All that makes for a more productive day.
"It is clear that those who are active and who exercise are much more productive at work," says Todd A. Astorino, assistant professor of kinesiology at California State University-San Marcos.
30.Movement Melts Away Stress
Improved productivity not only makes you a better worker, it makes things better for everyone in the workplace. Companies with less wasted work hours and less sick time end up with lower health care costs -- and an improved bottom line, Astorino says.
As much as it may stress you out just to think about exercising, once you actually start working out, you'll experience less stress in every part of your life.
"Exercise produces a relaxation response that serves as a positive distraction," says Cedric Bryant, chief exercise physiologist for the American Council on Exercise. He says it also helps elevate your mood and keep depression at bay.
31.Exercise Gives You Energy1. Child-safety seat manufacturers are starting to make bigger models after a recent study showed that over 250,000 U.S. children age 6 and under are too fat to use them.
32. According to a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, nearly half the 4,000 people responding to an online survey about obesity said they would give up a year of their life rather than be fat.
33.Between 15 percent and 30 percent also said they would rather walk away from their marriage, give up the possibility of having children, be depressed, or become alcoholic rather than be obese.
34. Five percent and 4 percent, respectively, said they would rather lose a limb or be blind than be overweight.
35. From 1991 to 2000, the average weight of Americans increased by 8.5 pounds.
36. In 2004, the Federal Aviation Administration increased its estimate of the weight of the average male from 170 to 184 pounds.
37. Airlines spent $275 million on 350 million additional gallons of fuel in 2000 to compensate for the additional weight of their passengers. Now we know why the peanuts are no longer free!
38. Stand by your man: More than a decade ago, Manuel Uribe, now weighing 1,200 pounds (the equivalent of five baby elephants) and bedridden for the past five years, was abandoned by his wife because she was frightened by his increasing size.
39. Virgin Atlantic paid Barbara Hewson from Wales the equivalent of US$24,100 in 2002 as compensation after she was squashed by an obese person sitting next to her on a transatlantic flight. Barbara suffered a blood clot in her chest, torn leg muscles, and acute sciatica and was bedridden for a month.
40. Duke University Medical Center found that women and men who lost 10 percent of their total body weight reported a significant improvement in their sexual quality of life.
41. Obesity ranks second among preventable causes of death. Tobacco use is number one.
42. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, of the 7.5 million veterans who receive their health benefits from the agency, more than 70 percent are overweight and 20 percent have diabetes, which may lead to blindness, amputations, and kidney and heart problems.
43. Two years ago, the Hardee’s fast-food chain introduced the 1,420-calorie 107-fat-gram “Monster Thickburger.” It contains two 1/3-pound slabs of Angus beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of cheese, and mayonnaise on a buttered sesame-seed bun.
44. Mississippi is the home of the mud pie, Cajun fried pecans, sweet potato crunch, fried shrimp, and catfish. Mississippi is also home to the country’s fattest people—more than 25 percent of adult Mississippians are obese. Coincidence?
45. Recent studies have shown that obesity can cause you to lose sleep.
46. On the other hand, a lack of sleep may result in obesity.
47.Direct health costs attributable to obesity have been estimated at $52 billion in
1995 and $75 billion in 2003.
48. Never forget your past: Aborigines and the Pima indians of Arizona developed obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension after transitioning to a Western lifestyle.
49. If the entire morbidly obese population of the U.S. lived in one state, it would be the 12th highest-populated state, with more people than Virginia.
50.Between 1980 and 2000, obesity rates doubled among adults. About 60
million adults, or 30% of the adult population, are now obese.Similarly since 1980, overweight rates have doubled among children and
tripled among adolescents – increasing the number of years they are
exposed to the health risks of obesity.
51.Type 2 diabetes – once believed to affect only adults – is now being
diagnosed among young people.
52.In some communities almost half of the pediatric diabetes cases are type 2,
when in the past the total was close to zero. Although childhood-onset
Type 2 diabetes is still a rare condition, overweight children with this
disease are at risk of suffering the serious complications of diabetes as
adults, such as kidney disease, blindness, and amputations.
53.Sixty-one percent of overweight 5- to10-year-olds already have at least
one risk factor for heart disease, and 26% have two or more risk factors.
54.Only about 25% of U.S. adults eat the recommended five or more servings
of fruits and vegetables each day.
55.Less than 25% of adolescents eat the recommended five or more servings
of fruits and vegetables each day.
56.More than 50% of American adults do not get the recommended amount
of physical activity to provide health benefits.
57.More than a third of young people in grades 9–12 do not regularly engage
in vigorous physical activity.
58. A 2003 study reported that 21 percent of all New York City elementary students from all income levels are obese.
58.Among children and adolescents, annual hospital costs related to overweight and
obesity more than tripled over the past two decades – rising to $127 million
during 1997–1999 (in 2001 constant U.S. dollars), up from $35 million during
1979–1981.
59.Among adults in 1996, one study found that $31 billion of the treatment costs (in
year 2000 dollars) for cardiovascular disease – 17% of direct medical costs – were
related to overweight and obesity.
70% of men and 63% of women in the UK are overweight or obese.
Cases of obesity in the UK have tripled over the last 20 years. By 2020, at least one third of adults, one fifth of boys and one third of girls will be obese.
Obesity reduces life expectancy on average by nine years.
Obesity accounts for 30,000 deaths a year in the UK.
Obesity costs the British economy over £2bn every year.
In 2001, we ate 2bn meals from fast food restaurants in the UK.
For each additional can of fizzy (sugar-sweetened) drink that a child consumes every day their risk of obesity increases by 60%.
The combined annual marketing spend of Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola is $2.2bn.
(Source: Tim Lang, professor of Food Policy at City University)
One in five children in Britain eat no fruit at all.
One in three Americans born in 2000 will develop diabetes.
There are only 13 specialist obesity surgeons in the UK and only 10 specialist obesity surgery centres.
The average cost to produce a school meal is 35p, just over half the amount spent on British prison meals.
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73. Approximately 17% of children aged 2-19 are obese.
74. Obesity prevalence among children has nearly tripled in the past three decades.
75. One in seven preschool-aged children from low-income households is obese.
76. Hispanic boys aged 2-19 were far more likely to be obese in 2007-2008 than non-Hispanic white boys
78. Non-Hispanic black girls aged 2-19 were far more likely to be obese in 2007-2008 than non-Hispanic white girls.
Since 1974, the prevalence of obesity among children 2-19 has more than tripled from 5% to 16.9%.
In 1974, 5% of children aged 2-5 were obese; by 2008, 10.4% were obese.
In 1974, 4% of children between 6 and 11 were obese; by 2008, this percentage was close to 20%.
In 1974, 6.1% of children 12-19 were obese; by 2008, this number was almost triple at 18.1%.
Children who live in areas where parks and recreation centers are difficult to reach or inaccessible are at a higher risk of being obese.
In a typical day, about 80% of children in the U.S. consume at least one high-sugar beverage.
The average child aged 8-18 spends approximately 7.5 hours a day utilizing entertainment media for leisure. During these times, the child is likely to view advertisements for unhealthy food choices while consuming unhealthy snacks.
60% of adults drink at least one sugary drink per day.
The age-adjusted prevalence of obesity in adults 20-74 is 34.3%.
Obese adolescents report a markedly lower quality of life than their normal-weighted counterparts.
The earlier a child is diagnosed as obese, the more likely they are to develop into morbidly obese adults with associated health problems.
Adolescents with low expectations for their futures are more likely to be obese than their optimistic peers.
Obese children ages 2-5 are more likely to experience behavioural problems.
Obese children get the majority of their calories from fat and spend more time performing sedentary activities, such as watching television, than their normal-weighted peers.
12% of high-school aged adolescents are obese.
Ethnic minority children aged 6-8 are more likely to be obese than normal-weighted ethnic moonrise.
Adults between the ages of 40 and 59 are the most likely group to be obese.
Adults between the ages of 20 and 39 are the least likely to be obese.
Not only does exercise improve your body, it helps your mental function, says certified trainer David Atkinson.
"Exercise increases energy levels and increases serotonin in the brain, which leads to improved mental clarity," says Atkinson, director of program development for Cooper Ventures, a division of the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas.
All that makes for a more productive day.
"It is clear that those who are active and who exercise are much more productive at work," says Todd A. Astorino, assistant professor of kinesiology at California State University-San Marcos.
Improved productivity not only makes you a better worker, it makes things better for everyone in the workplace. Companies with less wasted work hours and less sick time end up with lower health care costs -- and an improved bottom line, Astorino says.
As much as it may stress you out just to think about exercising, once you actually start working out, you'll experience less stress in every part of your life.
"Exercise produces a relaxation response that serves as a positive distraction," says Cedric Bryant, chief exercise physiologist for the American Council on Exercise. He says it also helps elevate your mood and keep depression at bay.
32. According to a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, nearly half the 4,000 people responding to an online survey about obesity said they would give up a year of their life rather than be fat.
33.Between 15 percent and 30 percent also said they would rather walk away from their marriage, give up the possibility of having children, be depressed, or become alcoholic rather than be obese.
34. Five percent and 4 percent, respectively, said they would rather lose a limb or be blind than be overweight.
35. From 1991 to 2000, the average weight of Americans increased by 8.5 pounds.
36. In 2004, the Federal Aviation Administration increased its estimate of the weight of the average male from 170 to 184 pounds.
37. Airlines spent $275 million on 350 million additional gallons of fuel in 2000 to compensate for the additional weight of their passengers. Now we know why the peanuts are no longer free!
38. Stand by your man: More than a decade ago, Manuel Uribe, now weighing 1,200 pounds (the equivalent of five baby elephants) and bedridden for the past five years, was abandoned by his wife because she was frightened by his increasing size.
39. Virgin Atlantic paid Barbara Hewson from Wales the equivalent of US$24,100 in 2002 as compensation after she was squashed by an obese person sitting next to her on a transatlantic flight. Barbara suffered a blood clot in her chest, torn leg muscles, and acute sciatica and was bedridden for a month.
40. Duke University Medical Center found that women and men who lost 10 percent of their total body weight reported a significant improvement in their sexual quality of life.
41. Obesity ranks second among preventable causes of death. Tobacco use is number one.
42. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, of the 7.5 million veterans who receive their health benefits from the agency, more than 70 percent are overweight and 20 percent have diabetes, which may lead to blindness, amputations, and kidney and heart problems.
43. Two years ago, the Hardee’s fast-food chain introduced the 1,420-calorie 107-fat-gram “Monster Thickburger.” It contains two 1/3-pound slabs of Angus beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of cheese, and mayonnaise on a buttered sesame-seed bun.
44. Mississippi is the home of the mud pie, Cajun fried pecans, sweet potato crunch, fried shrimp, and catfish. Mississippi is also home to the country’s fattest people—more than 25 percent of adult Mississippians are obese. Coincidence?
45. Recent studies have shown that obesity can cause you to lose sleep.
46. On the other hand, a lack of sleep may result in obesity.
48. Never forget your past: Aborigines and the Pima indians of Arizona developed obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension after transitioning to a Western lifestyle.
49. If the entire morbidly obese population of the U.S. lived in one state, it would be the 12th highest-populated state, with more people than Virginia.
58. A 2003 study reported that 21 percent of all New York City elementary students from all income levels are obese.
(Source: Tim Lang, professor of Food Policy at City University)
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