Monkey see, monkey do!

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Experts agree that caring extra weight and especially obesity increases a person's risk of serious illness. Many of the illnesses associated with obesity, such as heart disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer, are very serious and often fatal. In most cases, those who are severely obese over a period of time are most likely to suffer from such diseases.

Other conditions associated with being over-weight and or obese are hypertension (high blood pressure), gall bladder disease, reproductive problems and sleep disorders such as sleep apnea. Osteoarthritis, which may result in severe pain in the weight-bearing joints such as the knees, ankles, feet and hips, is also common.

Having been over 314lbs at one point in my life I really get frustrated by people who say "well I'm just comfortable with the way I am" I know for a fact that "overweight" is NEVER comfortable. STOP making excuses and realize that you are worth the time and effort! "But I don't have time" Really—well I'm pretty sure dying prematurely isn't really going to fit your schedule either then.


I get increasingly frustrated when I see people around me who know they need to make a change but choose to do nothing about it. There is going to come a time in the not so distant future when the problems you could have avoided are knocking at your door. Having said that, some of you may already be experiencing some of the problems associated with being overweight and or obese and it is not to late to make a positive change.

Monkey see, monkey do!

Although overweight and obese parents are more likely to have kids who are overweight partly on the basis of a genetic predisposition to put on extra pounds, to a much larger extent kids who are overweight are simply copying the lifestyle of overweight parents.


According to a recent British survey, a lot of parents are still ignoring their kids' weight problems. Several hundred parents, parents of all weights – overweight, obese, and normal weight – did not see their kids as having a weight problem.

Even when a child was obese, half the dads and a third of the moms still thought their child looked just "about right". Even worse, three-quarters of the parents of the overweight kids were not "concerned" about the child's weight.

Research shows that the longer a child remains obese, the more likely s/he will become an obese adult.