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February 14th, 2012
Not All Is Wellnessr
Wellness comes with the catch phrase 'how good you feel'. Exercise is a key element for this feeling. And eating the right stuff is also a part of the whole ball game. The time where you don't exercise properly and don't eat the right nutrition diet wellness can turn into sickness.
Most of us know about (or have at least heard) of the CICO dictum (Calories In, Calories Out ), yet how many people really walk the talk? To illustrate, you may feel immediately nauseous upon consuming a known toxic substance, but the impact of eating a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts daily may take days or even weeks to show up! And when it does, it's but human nature to blame it on something else!
This attitude of humans account for the explanation why the fattening of America took several generations, what if experts have found it to be an epidemic in the last few years. Though, for decades the agencies concerned with the health of nations such as the United Nations have been constantly warning for the growing underbelly of developed, and then the developing nations. Equal was the concern of the World Health Organization (WHO) about the growing malnutrition in underdeveloped countries. Its concern was reflected in a January 2005 report in which WHO emphasized: one billion people - one sixth of the worlds population - live in extreme poverty, lacking the safe water, proper nutrition, basic health care and social services needed to survive. Almost 11 million children die each year, six million of them under five from preventable diseases.
Health seems the major concern for the WHO as the organization in its 2015 development blueprint (aka the Millennium Project) on January 18, 2005, highlighted the need to give a thought on this aspect of life. The concern was shown in the words of WHO when it asked the world to immediately and massively increase the investment in health programs.
The recent WHO report admonished the American warnings that proven solutions are likely to turn the tide towards achieving health goals. It also added: "We have the means to achieve those goals. We have the technology. What we need are the resources and the political will. We cannot wait any longer to do what we have promised to achieve in the coming decade.
"Interestingly, such admonition of the recommended solutions rings a bell. To combat obesity epidemic in North America these solutions were recommended by both the American Institute of Food Technologists and the American Institute of Medicine. These organizations have emphasized on government intervention and asked the government to look or change its infrastructure policies towards food distribution and production. The US can achieve this by balancing its subsidies towards farm products in such a way that vegetables, fruits, and whole wheat production gets due importance in the food chain.
This will have the powerful impact of making these staples more affordable for the working masses. The government can also mandate schools to bring back Physical Education in the curriculum, ensure that bike routes and parks are properly integrated into housing plans, and that national advertising focus on healthy eating instead of fad snacking.
In the present era around 20 percent of Americans are malnourished and obese. Non access to healthy foods is a major contributor for malnutrition in poor communities, affecting some 33 million Americans nationwide. These stats show us that wellness for at least 33 million Americans remain a dream. Proper nutrition and adequate exercise is the key for feeling good. Despite the Abs and the Carbs images portrayed on American television during sitcoms huge number of people are unwell. Or is there a truly stubborn virus involved, immune even to the Baywatch culture?
Carl Densiel is the occupier and web designer of Wellness Inc which is the premier resource for Wellness information.
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