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Studies suggested that women ,who are obese by age 18 are at a greater risk of developing Ovarian Cancer ,before menopause.
Also, obesity is associated with more aggressive tumor, leading to a decreased survival rate..... This was published by Vivian Eyiota of Glitteratti Newspaper, Nigeria in January 7, 2007.
Sandra, a 23 years old obese Banker,after reading this on -line got scared, rushed to Doctor Mason and complain about her weight. To her surprise, all he said was ‘ reduce your energy intake and exercise’. Imagine that prescription!
Poor diet plus sedentary lifestyles leads to risk factors for life; threatening, diseases like diabetes, heart diseases, stroke, obesity, hypertension and acid indigestion.
This is the second leading cause of death and contributed to 2/3 of all deaths in US .
Jessica Schulman of the department of Health sciences ,University of Florida Gainesville said 20% of deaths in US, is attributed to improper diet, and lack of exercise.
EXERCISE
Exercise as defined by Longman dictionary, is the physical activity you do in order to stay healthy. But for this performance, energy, the physical and mental strength, that make you active is needed. This can only be gotten from a good diet, especially those with good quantity of energy/energy releasing nutrients and minerals like calcium.
They boost mental and physical performance. For this reason, food companies now produce special and nutritionally charged food, that support making the body delivers its full potential, under demanding physical challenges. Researches show that foods with some quantities of caffeine give long lasting physical alertness.
For example Nescafe was used as staple drink of the military, between 1944 and 1974, during war.
Also, 20 out of 22 of the Tour de France teams ,including 7 time winner Lance Armstrong were fueled with a Performance food ,containing blend of fibre and quarana, which gave them mental allertness.
In addition, Amy Buxbaum, the Athletic director of Chatham college sees sports as a vehicle for growth, important tools for building leadership skills and well rounded lives. Obese / overweight patients are therefore advised to engage in physical activity. It burns excess fats and everybody should abstain from too much of energy-rich foods, take fruits and vegetables Only fit people can enjoy luxurious lifestyles.
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