[LifeStyle] Healthy eating habits to fight obesity

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Isolation measures for the pandemic also created conditions in which people gained up to eight kilos in weight.
In Mexico, overweight and obesity have become a public health problem. According to the latest National Health and Nutrition Survey 2018 (Ensanut) in our country 75.2% of the po[CENSORED]tion suffers from one of these conditions, which places us in second place worldwide in obesity.

Something even more alarming within this panorama is that the obesity figures at the childhood level are even higher.

For this reason, it is urgent to understand that one of the most important factors to treat and control the epidemic of overweight and obesity is to begin with education in the matter of eating habits, especially at the childhood level to try to eradicate the problem from an early age and thus achieve the development of healthy adults with healthy lifestyle habits, such as a balanced diet.

 

Lockdown

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the severity of obesity and how urgent it is to attend to it, since the isolation measures also generate conditions in which inappropriate eating habits are exacerbated since being at home causes imbalances between the consumption of food and physical activity.

Confinement actually affects all aspects of life to which we were accustomed, from mobility to our sleep routine, which unfortunately always falls on food and, therefore, on weight control, specialists say.

One year after the coronavirus pandemic began, the obesity pandemic also increased: it is estimated that people have gained on average up to eight kilos of weight when staying at home since there are many factors that lead them to overeat and have less physical activity.

The anxiety of the confinement, the work stress at home without having a separation from the matters of the home and the alteration of the schedules are just some examples.

In the end, all these factors have an impact on eating, since being stressed or anxious and so close to the kitchen we eat whatever and at any time, because we have not been educated in a culture of good eating habits.

According to the percentage that the Ensanut shows, seven out of ten Mexicans are not at the proper weight, so this is the best time to raise awareness and educate patients about obesity, which is a real health problem that is going far beyond physical appearance and that can be life threatening.

To combat it, one of the main pillars must be education: teaching children to eat healthy and re-educating adults.

 

Healthy suggestions

For this, it is recommended to follow some healthy eating habits, such as the following.

Establish fixed meal times It is recommended to eat three large meals and two snacks throughout the day. Long fasts can be very bad for your health.

Make healthy snacks It is recommended to have two snacks a day to keep your metabolism in good working order; however they also help calm anxiety in some cases. If eating helps you calm down, it is important to make sure that it is something that does not harm you, for example: small glasses of vegetables such as cucumber, jicama or carrot.

Avoid refined sugars and carbohydrates It is important not to consume, as far as possible, sugary drinks, industrialized products with excess flour and saturated fat. The more natural and fresh products are in the diet, the healthier the diet.

Always accompany meals with vegetables A healthy and balanced meal should always have a portion of vegetables; and if they are green, the better. A taco with only meat is not the same as one with meat and nopal. The fiber of the nopal will help to metabolize the carbohydrates of the tortilla and the meat much better.

Measuring portions It is possible to eat everything, as long as the portion that is consumed is not excessive and is balanced with other healthy food groups.

 

Fight obesity!

It is important to raise awareness about how important it is to maintain a healthy weight today, to remember that during this serious pandemic that the world is experiencing, weight plays a fundamental role in the development, evolution and recovery of patients who contract the SARS-CoV virus. -two.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this public health problem is responsible for 41 million deaths annually, 97% of the total registered in the world, and the main cause of deaths from chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCD). Therefore, the agency established preventive actions via digital platforms to face this condition.

There is sufficient scientific evidence endorsed by the WHO in the sense that nutritional, food and lifestyle re-education can improve the control and reduce the incidence of chronic diseases in the long term, which are the main risk factor that triggers disease. obesity and constitute 77% of the causes of death, among which are diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer.

Therefore a correct diet combined with regular physical exercise prevents diseases or stops their progression.

A correct and balanced diet supplemented with regular physical activation can prevent these diseases and in the event that the pathology occurs it can stop its evolution, so the best reward for people is to take in their hands the responsibility of taking care of their nutrition and condition physical to generate optimal health and well-being conditions.

Finally, the po[CENSORED]tion is urged to review how their weight and height are, what eating habits may be harming them and, if they deem it necessary, go to the trusted nutritionist to be evaluated and receive preventive and therapeutic guidance.