Overcoming Obesity

Obesity is a lifestyle disease but it also result in diabetes, thyroid gland disesase and various heart diseases. This poses great danger to a person's psychological health.

This steps can help combat obesity:

Exercise: Be it cycling, jogging, swimming, dancing, taking a 30mins walk. Whatever form of exercise you choose will help burn calories and excess fat.

Diet: watch what you eat. Increase your vegetable and fruit intake.cut down on your consumption of meat, instead eat fish.

Eat small portions: eat small portions of food but make sure it's a healthy meal.

Quit eating junk food: say NO to those fries, cheese burgers, meat pie, sugary soft drinks and others. If you must snack eat more of vegetables (carrots, cucumber, garden eggs, etc) and fruits .

Avoid weight reducing pills: Remember there is no shortcut to good health.

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