With the holidays around the corner, I thought I’d blog about some serious food for thought…the prevalence of health related problems from American women being overweight. Here are some truly terrifying facts.
* Twenty years ago the average woman was 5′ 3″ and weighed about 122 lbs. Today the average woman is about 5′ 4″ and weighs 142 lbs
* The average woman is eating over 300 more calories per day than she did 20 years ago
* 60% of women in the US are overweight - that’s a majority, Ladies!!!
* One in three women is obese
* There has been a 15% increase in obesity in women in the last 10 years
* There has been a 32% increase in diabetes in women in the last 10 years
* In the 5 years after menopause the average sedentary woman will gain 1.2 lbs per year — mostly in the abdominal area
* Being overweight is associated with a host of problems (fitting into a bikini being by far the least of them), including:
Heart disease
Stroke
Arthritis
High blood pressure
Gallbladder disease
Infertility
Some kinds of cancer
* Twenty years ago the average woman was 5′ 3″ and weighed about 122 lbs. Today the average woman is about 5′ 4″ and weighs 142 lbs
* The average woman is eating over 300 more calories per day than she did 20 years ago
* 60% of women in the US are overweight - that’s a majority, Ladies!!!
* One in three women is obese
* There has been a 15% increase in obesity in women in the last 10 years
* There has been a 32% increase in diabetes in women in the last 10 years
* In the 5 years after menopause the average sedentary woman will gain 1.2 lbs per year — mostly in the abdominal area
* Being overweight is associated with a host of problems (fitting into a bikini being by far the least of them), including:
Heart disease
Stroke
Arthritis
High blood pressure
Gallbladder disease
Infertility
Some kinds of cancer
If you or someone you love is significantly overweight, please view it as the health problem that it is and take steps to lose weight and get healthy. Even slight reductions in body weight can reduce your risk of developing these life threatening conditions.
Start TODAY, our clients have made incredible strides and lost a great amount of pounds. Certainly you can do it — just one healthier choice at a time…eating lean protein, veggies, and fruit with each meal, stopping before your feel stuffed, reducing junk food and empty calories, cutting back on alcohol and soda, drinking lots of water, walking for at least 20 min…working out with us (CARDIO AND STRENGTH TRAINING)...whatever you can do.
It is scary... We are slowly and steadily losing an entire generation of women to illnesses that we are causing ourselves. We are the only ones that can change this! Do this for yourself, your children, and our future as strong healthy women! Make the change!
DECIDE*COMMIT*SUCCEED!
I hope this made you think and want to make that change! We are here to help you with that change! Let us know if you need anything! Have a great day and think "I am going to live healthy today!" See you in class!
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