Diabetes is right up there with obesity on the front line. They are battling each other to see which one win the challenge of overcoming all your efforts to hold off cardiovascular disease. I have to view the three conditions in the same context because one can be a risk factor for the other condition.
Weight loss is the number one resolution for the new year ! It is also the resolution that is the first to be abondoned!!
The prevalence of obesity among adults and children has increased in the U.S. since the mid 1970’s. Obesity can no longer be described as pleasingly plump, being overweight, or as baby fat. It is now a chronic health problem and risk factor for hypertension, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. The good news is that the prevalence of smoking has decreased! It is no longer the greatest health threat to individuals.
How well one eat -good nutrition- plays an important role in healthy living. Starting at about age 30 body fat increases and muscle mass decreases. As the years go by there is a disproportionate number of obese individuals in our society. Why does this happen? Our metabolism slows down and the result is weight gain.
The many dimensions of our lives, as women, can and does impact our health and wellness status. As an independent practitioner and expert in women’s health, I am not exempt from the health effects of growing and managing a practice which is another phase of the many life transitions we experience. Life is transitional. Birth, aging, sickness and death are all transitional periods of life. We also transition from long term employment to the ‘new retirement’, working part-time or having a home based business.
