Showing posts with label Preventable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Preventable. Show all posts

Thursday, May 24, 2012

HBO Weight of the Nation- Clip #4: Obesity Puts You at Risk For Variety of Illnesses


Comorbidities to obesity include hypertension, cancer, arteriosclerosis, Type II Diabetes, and many other ailments which are PREVENTABLE!!!  Learn the best ways to prevent them, and find healthy ways to fit activity into your life DAILY.  A great way to start is by monitoring your activity with a pedometer (or our easyFIT accelerometer, only $49!); after a week you find our your average daily activity, and then you begin to set goals for "X" number of steps or points a day.  You can slowly build yourself up to specific activities like jogging, biking, or swimming.  You'll be amazed at not only the amount of weight (and inches!)you lose, but how GREAT you feel after some moderate to high intensity work outs!!  Check in with us if you have questions about pedometers, easyFIT, activities, or ANYTHING else.  We'll be happy to help!
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Monday, May 21, 2012

The Weight of the Nation: Video 1: Obesity Epidemic Increasing At Alarming Rate

If you haven't viewed this series yet, you should. Share it with everyone you know. Make it the new "Kony2012" ... do whatever you need to do to ensure that as many people see this as humanly possible. This is the first generation with a shorter life expectancy than the last. Our children are obese. And it is ALL preventable.

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