President Bush has recognized last Thursday that childhood obesity is a costly problem for USA and puts stress on American families.
He further said that..
"One way for this nation to cope with the issue of obesity is to get people outside -- whether it be through sports or hiking or conservation," Bush said while meeting with business leaders working to encourage exercise and healthy food choices through advertising.
President Bush was quite concerned with this problem and asked the mothers to come forth and help in dealing with this issues....
"Mothers are the ones, a lot of times, who make choices for their children," the first lady said. "They make their choices on the foods they eat. They're the ones at home, many times, who encourage their children to exercise."
More than 18 percent school-age children in the United States, are now considered overweight. And the number is increasing rapidly.
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3.2.07
14.1.07
Fitness and Diet
The first thing which a person often tries to control while following a fitness regimen or is trying to loose weight is controlling his diet. Fitness is very much related to a sound body and mind. Diet and fitness go hand in hand, you can not leave out proper diet to achieve a required level of fitness. According to Dr David Bull, a medical specialist on the BBC's Watchdog Healthcheck programme...
A good diet should provides all the nutrients to the body like carbohydrate,protein, vitamins, minerals and yes fat also. If the person is involved in activities which require endurance such as football,tennis etc carbohydrate should form the basis of the diet for that person. on the other hand if the person is into activities which require strength or is into bodybuilding protein should be the main source of nutrient.Your diet should also contain a good mix of all the vitamins and small quantities of fats and minerals too.
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So fitness is required for a healthy living and to achieve this you should have a proper diet and exercise.
Regardless of how much training you do or how dedicated you are, unless you give your body essential nutrients, you will not perform to the best of your ability.
A good diet should provides all the nutrients to the body like carbohydrate,protein, vitamins, minerals and yes fat also. If the person is involved in activities which require endurance such as football,tennis etc carbohydrate should form the basis of the diet for that person. on the other hand if the person is into activities which require strength or is into bodybuilding protein should be the main source of nutrient.Your diet should also contain a good mix of all the vitamins and small quantities of fats and minerals too.
To read more about Health and Fitness visit- FitnessAxis WebSite
13.1.07
My First ever Blog....
Hello Friends,
I am a physiotherapist and this is first time i am posting on a blog, I heard a lot about blogging and have read many interesting blogs but it never came to my mind to start a blog my self.But the good sense prevailed and here i am ready to join the blogging community and share my experiences with you all people. Just keep checking for new post and any suggestion you have to improve my blogging
FitnessAxis- The Complete Fitness center
I am a physiotherapist and this is first time i am posting on a blog, I heard a lot about blogging and have read many interesting blogs but it never came to my mind to start a blog my self.But the good sense prevailed and here i am ready to join the blogging community and share my experiences with you all people. Just keep checking for new post and any suggestion you have to improve my blogging
FitnessAxis- The Complete Fitness center
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