Yesterday was the National Day of the Obese Person, and from the scientific societies that work to disseminate and raise public awareness about the problem of overweight and obesity, the convenience of change life habits progressively. The change must be oriented to find the energy balance, with less intake of hypercaloric foods and more physical exercise.
Along with the effort to eat better, hurries should be eliminated when it comes to eating, sharing family meal time, and not allowing stimuli such as television or computer to be present while eatingThis year, the celebration is accompanied by a warning: 'most stressed people increase consumption of foods high in fat or candy (which favor the temporary appearance of a state of happiness) '. And also the exposure to stress throughout childhood or adolescence, influences weight in adulthood, and is therefore crucial in a future development of obesity.
There are prospective studies that identify the stress response of different peopleFor example, those who are overweight or mildly obese before the stressful stimulus are more likely to increase intake (and consequently weight). On the contrary those who have an initial weight within normality, or underweight, do not modify the intake or decrease it in the face of stress. These different answers may be the insulin concentrations, which are higher at higher body mass index.
From this information it is deduced how important it is to monitor food, to try to make it healthy, and trying to divide the intake into five daily meals; combined with physical exercise. But it is also crucial to try to avoid stress on ourselves and our children, I know that apparently it is an arduous task in the times, but not impossible, of course.
There is already talk of 'obesity', and it is a situation from which we can escape, for the very consequences of stress, and because obesity is associated with a multitude of diseases, among which is hypertension.
