NOTICE: This article only pertains only to people who abuse...not the medically impaired.

FACT: Many young skinny people are compulsive abusers of food.
Binge eating is a real problem today.

FACT: Any preacher or minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ... that allows 25, 35, 45, 55 pounds of FAT or more, between them and their congregation... is living in what John the apostle calls 'Practiced Sin!' (1 Jn 3.6-10 The Greek tense of a 'Present tense (ppt)
Participle' {whoever continues to repeatedly sin...ie: sinneth, commiteth, doeth not righteousness} denotes one who cyclically practices and repeats sin... according to John the revelator.)

Just face it preacher friend... your personal life is out of order! YOU are the one who drives that fork and that spoon into the opening of your body (Christ's Temple)... called your mouth! In Judgement-day Honesty, you can't blame shift on this one! ( 1 Cor. 6.19-20 ) If you are saved, you must know by now that you are bought with a price... and you are NO LONGER YOUR OWN!

If you have been born from above... you HATE ALL SIN! You can not afford to be a hypocrite any longer! Repent! Change your ways! Your children, and your wife know you have a need here! Most damaging is, that the HOLY SPIRIT actively bears witness against you!... every time you preach! Ask the young people in front of you if they know that your 'Obesity' is sin before Almighty God!

The right attitude... is also projected in 1 Jn 3.1-3... Every saint that has this hope... purifies himself!... even as Jesus is Pure!

So STOP compromising! STOP the Blasphemy of preaching the everlasting Gospel while you live in continued, repeated sin! Give place for the Holy Spirit to work in you... rather than against you. 1 Cor. 3.15-18

Remember James 3.1 preacher friend! If you are in this condition... you are teaching people that it is alright to 'over-indulge' in this excess of Binge-Eating! 60% of this nation is stumbled by this SIN... and you are one of the reasons why. I say it with respect: Repent while you are able. Get serious with God! He doesn't care how big your ministry is, or how big your web site is... The LORD is NO RESPECTER OF PERSON! Amen. Acts 10.34

Obesity...those who over indulge to the point of abuse.

Notice... it is those burgening, decadant societies that can't seem to get enough for some reason...
Jesus warns us of that spirit of lust... not to be overcharged/ surfieting = over-eating and over drinking... or over entertainment... and over-indulgence in anything... but loving God!

Luke 21:33-36
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy[c] to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Young people... this is a reminder, that the sin of GLUTTONEY does not mean just for fat people!
It begins with a Fat Mind! You actually think you can get away with it! Remember that on your birthday, and other appointed feasts for your bingeing! Those who love to over-indulge! Surfieting! It all starts somewhere!

People... be glad you do not live in the Old Testiment!

Deuteronomy 21:20-21 (New King James Version)
"And they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear."

Wisdom tells us this:

Proverbs 23:20-21 (New King James Version)
"Do not mix with winebibbers,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags."

Jesus tells us what it will be like in our day... the end times... just before Jugement Day!

Revelation 3:17-22 (New King James Version)
" Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’” "

10 Factors in Rise of Obesity

1. Inadequate sleep -- average amounts of sleep have fallen among Americans, and many studies tie sleep deprivation to weight gain.

2. Increased consumption of endocrine disruptors, substances in some foods that may alter fats in the body.

3. Climate-controlled environments. Air conditioning and heating limit calories burned from sweating and shivering.

4. Decrease in tobacco use. Smoking is often linked to appetite suppression.

5. New prescription medicines that promote weight gain.

6. Changing demographics -- there are now more middle-aged and Hispanic Americans, groups that have higher obesity rates.

7. Women giving birth at an older age, which correlates with heavier children.

8. Genetic influences during pregnancy -- a so-called "fetally driven positive feedback loop."

9. Natural selection -- heavier people tend to survive tough times better than skinnier humans.

10. Assortative mating, or "like mating with like" -- meaning heavier people procreate with others of the same body type, gradually skewing the population toward the heavy end.

Source: International Journal of Obesity

Source:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5323151

Personal Health
The Truth About Exercise

Talk of the Nation, April 4, 2006 · There's a bewildering amount of exercise claims out there. If you try to search for "the truth about exercise" on Google, more than 42 million Web sites are returned. There are claims for "the slow burn" and for "the fast and short workout." Some insist you need to exercise every day, and others say that you can be fit with one workout a week. Can you really get "massive muscles in minutes" or "six-pack abs in 10 minutes a day?" Can you do too much cardio? Can you be fat and fit?
Do you really need to exercise at all?
We talk with experts about how to separate health benefits from exercise hype.

Guests:
Dr. Kenneth Cooper, physician and founder of the Cooper Aerobics Center
John Briley, columnist for The Washington Post. In the "Weekly Moving Crew," Briley tries out a new exercise every week.

Allison Aubrey, NPR health reporter

Feb. 1, 2005
New Exercise Recommendations Questioned
Oct. 12, 2004
Heart Association Calls for More Obesity Education
June 17, 2004
Study: Liposuction No Substitute for Healthly Living
April 20, 2005
Government Introduces New Eating Recommendations

Source:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9521105

Dieters do have willpower. Most dieters have lost weight before. They've just gained it all back, so their willpower is a little inconsistent.”

Morning Edition, April 12, 2007 · Many people find that when they stick with a diet — any diet — it works. But studies show that most of us can't make ourselves stick to a diet long-term.

Now, there is growing focus on behavioral tricks to help people change the way they think about food and eating.

Lori Maslin, a 45-year-old Maryland lawyer, is passionate about food. She says she likes to cook, loves to eat, and has never been one to say "no" to a rich, chocolaty dessert.

As she prepared for an annual beach weekend with her friends, she faced a dilemma. She wanted to stick to her diet, but she knew there would be a lot of temptation.

"On the way [to the beach], we always stop at this restaurant called Red, Hot and Blue," she says. "It's a Southern barbecue place, and they have the most killer chocolate cake. And I love chocolate cake."

Maslin's approach to dieting these days has a lot to do with planning. Days before her trip, she decided she would hold back on the ribs and coleslaw and leave room for the cake.

"[The cake] was just as good as I knew it would be," Maslin says, "and I shared it with some of the girls, and I didn't feel guilty about it!"

Maslin has taken off 35 pounds over the past year and a half. Weight Watchers taught her what sorts of foods she should be eating, and in what quantities. But to keep it off, she works with a diet coach, psychologist Judith Beck.

"What's important to realize," Beck says, "is that behind every behavior change, there's a lot of thinking changes."

Beck's father, Dr. Aaron Beck, pioneered a treatment called cognitive therapy back in the 1960s. Rather than asking people to reach back to childhood for the source of emotional problems, the Beck approach is to change the way people think about their problems.

For dieters, this means catching themselves whenever they have a sabotaging thought, such as, "Oh, I'll never be thin, so why not just tear into this bag of chips?"

When these sorts of thoughts take hold, dieters cave, and then convince themselves they have no willpower at all — which, Beck says, usually isn't true.

"Dieters do have willpower," she says. "Most dieters have lost weight before. They've just gained it all back, so their willpower is a little inconsistent."

Beck has a lot of tricks to keep willpower strong.

Maslin has adopted one of them as almost a mantra. Every day, she repeats to herself, "No choice," which means she has no choice about sticking with just the foods she has planned out for the day — even when she's ordering off a three-page menu. Maslin just ignores the unhealthy options.

Maslin says that in all her years of dieting, choosing a skimpy wrap over a meaty hoagie used to make her feel deprived. But now she distracts herself, by focusing on what she is gaining. Beck suggested that Maslin create a list of eight things that are great about losing weight. Maslin now carries this list in her wallet.

At the top of the list is a better self-image. Next, a better clothing selection. The list goes on, Maslin says, with entries like, "No more feeling the need to stand behind somebody in a photo."

Carrying a list like this may sound funny, but Maslin says it helps her stay in control.

Martin Binks oversees Duke University's Diet and Fitness program. He says these tricks borrowed from cognitive therapy can be the missing piece for dieters who are trying to make a lasting change. Binks says effective dieting takes time and a personalized approach.

"What seems like the best tool to one person might seem kind of silly to another," he says.

Carrying around a food journal or a list of benefits may work for some dieters, while group support or scheduling weigh-ins with a doctor will work for others.

At the end of the day, Binks says it is important for diet gurus to be honest.

He says they should "admit to people that weight control is difficult. It takes sustained effort on making a lot of small changes that can last."

Not everyone will be successful, and no one can stick to their plan 100 percent of the time.

Maslin says that every once in a while, she reverts to eating big handfuls of popcorn drenched in butter while watching late-night TV.

"I'll catch myself, and I'll have to slow down," she says.

When the going gets tough, Maslin thinks ahead to Sunday mornings when she meets her friends for breakfast.

"To have them say, 'You look so good, You don't need to lose anymore!'" says Maslin, that will keep her going — for at least another week.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=422917&in_page_id=1774

Obese should have health warnings on their clothes.
Oversize clothes should have obesity helpline numbers sewn on
them to try and reduce Britain's fat crisis, a leading professor said today...

source: themoneytimes.com <broken link>


Even light exercise can improve obese women's fitness - Study

A new study published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests that even small amounts of physical activity, just 72 minutes a week, can improve the fitness levels of overweight post-menopausal women.

After conducting tests on overweight and obese women, many of whom had high blood pressure, a team of researchers from the Louisiana State University suggested that just 10 minutes of exercise a day can help even the most inactive overweight women, providing a sigh of relief to those for whom obesity is of great concern.

"Perhaps the most striking finding of our study is that even activity at the 4 kcal/kg per week level (approximately 72 minutes per week over about three days) was associated with a significant improvement in fitness compared with women in the non-exercise control group," said Dr. Timothy Church, who ong with his colleagues authored the study.

To reach their findings, Church and his fellow researchers studied 464 overweight women with high or borderline-high blood pressure. Average age of the participants was 57 and none was exercising at all at the start of the study. They were having a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 43.

BMI is a standard obesity measure that divides the weight by the square of the height. A person is classified as ?obese? if his or her body mass index (BMI) is 30 or over. From the clinical point of view, obesity is typically evaluated by measuring BMI, waist circumference, and evaluating the presence of risk factors and comorbidities. In epidemiological studies BMI alone is used to define obesity.

BMI is a simple and frequently used method for estimating body fat:

A BMI less than 18.5 is ?underweight?
A BMI of 18.5 - 24.9 is ?normal weight?
A BMI of 25.0 - 29.9 is ?overweight?
A BMI of 30.0 - 39.9 is ?obese?
A BMI of 40.0 or higher is ?severely (or morbidly) obese?.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) experts recommend at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day.

Researchers? team assigned volunteers to one of four groups: 102 to the control group that would remain sedentary; 155 to a light exercise group that averaged 72 minutes a week of exercise; 104 to a moderate exercise group that averaged about 136 minutes a week; and 103 to a high exercise group that completed nearly 192 minutes of exercise each week.

The three exercise groups roughly translate to 50 percent, 100 percent and 150 percent of the current exercise guideline, Church said.

The study subjects? peak oxygen consumption was first measured by the researchers before starting the study, and then again after six months of exercise.

After observing the three exercise groups? data, they found that the women in the light exercise group increased their peak oxygen consumption levels by 4.2 percent, while the moderate exercise group saw a 6 percent rise. The heavy exercise group was the highest scorer, raising their cardio-respiratory fitness levels by 8.2 percent.

"This is great news for couch potatoes and for the aging," said Church. "There are people that can't obtain the recommendations for exercise, but now, we see if you can't get 150 minutes a week, you stand to benefit even if you get half that."

Although the women in the novel study walked on treadmills and rode stationary cycles, but any activity of comparable energy expenditure like working around the house and yard, swimming, playing in the park with your grandchildren, or other activities that are of a similar intensity to brisk walking, would show similar effects, said Dr. Steven Blair of the University of South Carolina, who also worked on the study.

According to American Obesity Association (AOA), obesity is a complex, multi-factorial chronic disease involving environmental (social and cultural), genetic, physiologic, metabolic, behavioral and psychological components. It is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.

Approximately 127 million adults in the United States are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese.