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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

WHAT IS GOING ON ON "OBESITY FRONT"?-A REALITY CHECK


There are many views regarding the cause of the most visible symptom of over eating, the obesity. The blame game for this uncontrollable phenomenon pitches diverse groups against each other though there is no clarity as to what needs to be done to arrest this "giant" problem. All said and done, all are collectively responsible for this undesirable trend being witnessed to day. Individuals are not restraining their urge to eat disproportionate to their body needs, parents are not exercising adequate control on the food habits of their children, community and social institutions are guilty of practicing consumption of rich foods, industry is not serving the cause by promoting blatantly unhealthy processed foods, R & D scientists are not re-orienting their efforts in combating this problem through better foods and government is not using its power of taxing unhealthy foods to make them costlier. It is a collective failure for which the whole world is paying a heavy price in the form of widespread diseases, wastage of human resources and lost productivity.

"While experts argue over whether to blame individuals, society, fast food or families for the rapid rise in obesity rates, perhaps the more pressing question is what to do about it. The answers are pouring in -- from radio talk shows, blogs, editorial pages -- amping up the feelings of the already fed up".

Probably United Nations must consider holding a special meeting of its member nations to consider this "death wish" amongst some of its population through over eating and unbalanced eating to evolve a consensus on the strategy to be adopted to over come the tragic situation through cooperative efforts of all stake holders, the consumer, industry, the governments, food experts, research scientists, medical professionals, sociologists, psychologists and educational agencies.

V.H.POTTY
http://vhpotty.blogspot.com/
http://foodtechupdates.blogspot.com

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