Now now...let's not hound Qatari-femme for her comments. Statistics apart, obesity is a serious problem, be it the US , Qatar, India or elsewhere. Gone are the days when children would beg parents to let them go outdoors and play with friends. All that kids want to do these days are update Facebook pics, play console game and order in fast food.
The first step is self-awareness. As Gadarene correctly mentions, accepting that there is a problem is very important. No amount of research, pills, diet programs and goading is going to help unless a person or family sits down and takes serious note of his/her/their current health condition.
Simple solutions can make a very big difference:
1. Cook healthy food at home don't order in;
2. use healthy cooking medium like canola and sunflower oil;
3. reduce/cut intake of artery clogging food such as margarine, fatty cuts of meat, deep fried food, fizzy drinks, junk fast food;
4. eat appropriate quantities at fixed intervals;
5. encourage and participate in physical activities;
6. exercise 3-4 times a week (walk/jog/stretch/breathing/yoga etc.)
Even if the US admits it has a problem, it has a very very long road to recovery (perhaps decades). It is impossible to wean people off a diet of 3 daily meals at the restaurant; skittles,twizzlers,doughnuts and pop in between. Afterall, it is a corn and high fructose corn syruph based economy!
For Qatar, since the local population is still small and, for the most part, young; redemption is not a pipe dream. Good health is the true wealth one should possess.
Now now...let's not hound Qatari-femme for her comments. Statistics apart, obesity is a serious problem, be it the US , Qatar, India or elsewhere. Gone are the days when children would beg parents to let them go outdoors and play with friends. All that kids want to do these days are update Facebook pics, play console game and order in fast food.
The first step is self-awareness. As Gadarene correctly mentions, accepting that there is a problem is very important. No amount of research, pills, diet programs and goading is going to help unless a person or family sits down and takes serious note of his/her/their current health condition.
Simple solutions can make a very big difference:
1. Cook healthy food at home don't order in;
2. use healthy cooking medium like canola and sunflower oil;
3. reduce/cut intake of artery clogging food such as margarine, fatty cuts of meat, deep fried food, fizzy drinks, junk fast food;
4. eat appropriate quantities at fixed intervals;
5. encourage and participate in physical activities;
6. exercise 3-4 times a week (walk/jog/stretch/breathing/yoga etc.)
Even if the US admits it has a problem, it has a very very long road to recovery (perhaps decades). It is impossible to wean people off a diet of 3 daily meals at the restaurant; skittles,twizzlers,doughnuts and pop in between. Afterall, it is a corn and high fructose corn syruph based economy!
For Qatar, since the local population is still small and, for the most part, young; redemption is not a pipe dream. Good health is the true wealth one should possess.