Not a Lot of Obesity Here.
Not a Lot of Obesity Here.
Boy you can say that again. I’m in the middle of a community that defies the odds and the statistics of the epidemic of obesity in this country. Amazingly the majority of the people here are active and healthy. They seem very happy as a bunch. Oh by the way I am in a retirement community visiting with relatives for the holidays.
Yes that’s right the people here on the whole are quite fit even though there average age is probably in the low seventies. This is not because there is something magic in the water here. It’s not because of some genetic gift it is more likely a dedication to making the choices that kept them fit.
You see the reason that this community is more trim and fit on average than say a population of 40 and 50 year olds is because the overweight who were their contemporaries just didn’t make it. That’s right they’re dead. They are dead and gone and missing Holiday get togethers they didn’t have to miss.
I was prompted to ring the alarm bell because I was struck by the fitness level throughout this community and I was missing some loved ones who might be here if they had gotten the message. Stay trim and fit and you get to grow old and enjoy loved ones for a lot longer.
The other thing that prompted me sound the alarm was the recent release by the people at the National Health Institute of this sobbering statistic for every extra 7 pounds you weigh over your ideal weight you are 11% more likely to have a heart attack. Yes that means that if you are 21 pounds overweight you are 1/3 more likely to have a heart attack than if you weighed what you should.
Heart attacks are still the number one killer of Americans. They are still the casue of a lot of missed chances to celebrate the holidays with loved ones. I don’t want to miss those times and I wish some of my departed loved one’s weren’t missing them now.
I didn’t mean to upset you I just wanted to take advantage of this happy time of year to remind you that whether you do or you don’t have as many of these celebrations ahead of you as you would like to have is largely up to you.
Give yourself a renewed dedication to a long and healthy life for the Holidays.
Give yourself a renewed dedication to your health and fitness for Christmas and a chance to grow old.
some related and informative links:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/obesity.html
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/overweight-weight-loss.cfm
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/23/2371
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