The Wall Street Journal is reporting today in its Health Blog that over a quarter of all Americans are clinically obese. The quality of life and health cost implications of an ever increasing obesity rate are dramatic and unfortunately this trend is being seen all around the world, not just in the USA.
It seems that there must be a much more concerted effort towards education and coaching regarding healthy eating habits that produce real behavioural change. Too much educational material is read and then just forgotten.
Smaller portion sizes and regular exercise are of course the simplest ways to start a healthy weight program.
Finally it's becoming critical that a more focused effort is placed on examining school meal programs which have been a primary cause of child obesity in recent years.
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