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| Not All Is Wellness - by Carl Densiel Hard to swallow but true that today about 20 percent of Americans are both malnourished and obese. |
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Wellness comes with the catch phrase 'how good you feel'.
Exercise is a key element for this feeling. And eating the
right stuff is also a part of the whole ball game. The time
where you don't exercise properly and don't eat the right
nutrition diet wellness can turn into sickness.
One knows about or have heard about the CICO dictum
(Calories In, Calories Out), but how many people care
about it? To have a clear idea let us see through a
simple example, if a person consumes some known toxic
substance he may immediately feel nauseous, but the
effect will take days or even weeks to show up
if one is eating a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts daily!
And when the effects come to the fore, people tend to
blame it on something else!
This explains the obesity of America although experts
discovered it as an epidemic for the last few years. For
decades, United Nations has been raising alarm bells for
the growing weight and underbelly of developed and the
developing nations. Through its health arm, the World
Health Organization (WHO), the world body has been equally
concerned about the burgeoning malnutrition in
underdeveloped countries. In a January 2005 report, WHO
emphasized that "one billion people--one sixth of the
world's population - live in extreme poverty, lacking safe
water, proper nutrition, basic health care and social
services needed to survive. Almost 11 million children die
each year, six million of them under five from preventable
diseases."
In a January 2005 report, WHO emphasized that one
billion people--one sixth of the worlds population - live
in extreme poverty, lacking the safe water, proper
nutrition, basic health care and social services needed to
survive. Almost 11 million children die each year, six
million of them under five from preventable diseases."
In its recent report WHO indirectly admonished America
that proven solutions are likely to turn the tide towards
achieving health goals, adding: We have the means to
achieve those goals. We have the technology. What we
need are the resources and the political will. We
cannot wait any longer to do what we have promised to
achieve in the coming decade.
Interestingly, such admonition of the recommended
solutions rings a bell. To combat obesity epidemic in
North America these solutions were recommended by both
the American Institute of Food Technologists and the
American Institute of Medicine. These organizations have
emphasized on government intervention and asked the
government to look or change its infrastructure policies
towards food distribution and production. The US can
achieve this by balancing its subsidies towards farm
products in such a way that vegetables, fruits, and
whole wheat production gets due importance in the food
chain.
Such steps will help in making these staples more
affordable for the working masses. Some other things
that the government think over is to mandate schools to
bring back Physical Education in the curriculum, ensure
properly integrated bike routes and parks in housing plans,
and make national advertising focus on healthy eating
instead of fad snacking.
Hard to swallow but true that today about 20 percent of
Americans are both malnourished and obese. Nationwide some
33 million Americans are affected by food insecurity,
meaning lack of regular access to healthy foods, a large
contributor to malnutrition in poor communities. These
statistics indicate that to attain wellness for at least
33 million Americans remain a dream. This fact seems more
harrowing when we know that the key to wellness is adequate
exercise and proper nutrition. So, this example aptly shows
that knowing does not necessarily mean doing. Despite so
many advertisements repetitively showing Abs and Carbs on
American television during sitcoms and soap operas, so many
people are unwell. Or can we say that there is some
stubborn virus that is immune even to the Baywatch culture?
Carl Densiel
For questions or comments about this article go to:
www.feelwellness.com
www.reinventingmyself.com/not_all_is_wellness.html
Exercise is a key element for this feeling. And eating the
right stuff is also a part of the whole ball game. The time
where you don't exercise properly and don't eat the right
nutrition diet wellness can turn into sickness.
One knows about or have heard about the CICO dictum
(Calories In, Calories Out), but how many people care
about it? To have a clear idea let us see through a
simple example, if a person consumes some known toxic
substance he may immediately feel nauseous, but the
effect will take days or even weeks to show up
if one is eating a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts daily!
And when the effects come to the fore, people tend to
blame it on something else!
This explains the obesity of America although experts
discovered it as an epidemic for the last few years. For
decades, United Nations has been raising alarm bells for
the growing weight and underbelly of developed and the
developing nations. Through its health arm, the World
Health Organization (WHO), the world body has been equally
concerned about the burgeoning malnutrition in
underdeveloped countries. In a January 2005 report, WHO
emphasized that "one billion people--one sixth of the
world's population - live in extreme poverty, lacking safe
water, proper nutrition, basic health care and social
services needed to survive. Almost 11 million children die
each year, six million of them under five from preventable
diseases."
In a January 2005 report, WHO emphasized that one
billion people--one sixth of the worlds population - live
in extreme poverty, lacking the safe water, proper
nutrition, basic health care and social services needed to
survive. Almost 11 million children die each year, six
million of them under five from preventable diseases."
In its recent report WHO indirectly admonished America
that proven solutions are likely to turn the tide towards
achieving health goals, adding: We have the means to
achieve those goals. We have the technology. What we
need are the resources and the political will. We
cannot wait any longer to do what we have promised to
achieve in the coming decade.
Interestingly, such admonition of the recommended
solutions rings a bell. To combat obesity epidemic in
North America these solutions were recommended by both
the American Institute of Food Technologists and the
American Institute of Medicine. These organizations have
emphasized on government intervention and asked the
government to look or change its infrastructure policies
towards food distribution and production. The US can
achieve this by balancing its subsidies towards farm
products in such a way that vegetables, fruits, and
whole wheat production gets due importance in the food
chain.
Such steps will help in making these staples more
affordable for the working masses. Some other things
that the government think over is to mandate schools to
bring back Physical Education in the curriculum, ensure
properly integrated bike routes and parks in housing plans,
and make national advertising focus on healthy eating
instead of fad snacking.
Hard to swallow but true that today about 20 percent of
Americans are both malnourished and obese. Nationwide some
33 million Americans are affected by food insecurity,
meaning lack of regular access to healthy foods, a large
contributor to malnutrition in poor communities. These
statistics indicate that to attain wellness for at least
33 million Americans remain a dream. This fact seems more
harrowing when we know that the key to wellness is adequate
exercise and proper nutrition. So, this example aptly shows
that knowing does not necessarily mean doing. Despite so
many advertisements repetitively showing Abs and Carbs on
American television during sitcoms and soap operas, so many
people are unwell. Or can we say that there is some
stubborn virus that is immune even to the Baywatch culture?
Carl Densiel
For questions or comments about this article go to:
www.feelwellness.com
www.reinventingmyself.com/not_all_is_wellness.html
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