It hasn't been that long ago that plump women were preferred to the thin ones. Back then three wealthy women in a carriage could lug a horse down. But even then, FAT people were looked down upon. What was the difference between pleasingly plump and FAT? Plump people still have a grace about them as they move, and their faces are adorned with a cheerful smile. FAT people sweat a lot, grunt with almost every exertion and are generally not so much fun to be around.

If you don't want to be FAT Start

Building Up Your
Fat Fighters

Copyright © 2004
by Lin Stone

The role models of Hollywood have decreed that FAT is PHOOEY! With more and more pre-packaged food available and more and more sit-down jobs, the number of obese people in America has steadily increased since the 1960's. On top of that, the standards of good health have been raised and today obesity is a disease that affects approximately 60 million people in the United States. Women are especially affected; Over one-third of the women between the ages of 20 and 74 are now labeled as obese.

Doctors have warned that with obesity comes the increased risk of diseases such as high blood pressure, Type II Diabetes, heart disease, and breast, colon, and prostate cancer. In addition, obesity has been linked to mental health conditions such as depression or feelings of shame and low self-esteem. Furthermore, many obese people are discriminated against and find themselves the targets of insults and other verbal abuse. 
A number of factors, such as poor diet, lack of physical activity, genetics, and certain medical disorders contribute to our national average weight, but obesity can be conquered. So, the first thing we want to know is: What is obesity? Many people think obesity simply means that a person is overweight, but actually there is more to it than that. 
A person who is overweight has a surplus amount of weight that is distributed throughout the body in muscle, bone, fat, and water. But a person who is obese has a surplus of body fat. 

To be more specific, most health professionals concur that a man is obese if he has over 25 percent body fat, and that a woman is obese if she has over 30 percent. Women physiologically have more body fat than men, so that is why there's a difference in percentage. 

It is difficult to determine the exact percentage of body fat a person has, but good estimates can be made in a number of ways. First, using a tweezer-like tool called a caliper, you can measure the thickness of skin folds on different points of your body and compare the results with standardized numbers. 
You can also use a small device that sends a harmless electrical current through your body and measures your body fat percentage. 
The most commonly used method to determine if a person is obese is to look at his/her Body Mass Index (BMI). 
A person with a BMI over 30 is considered to be obese, and a BMI over 40 is considered to be severely obese. It's important to remember though that BMI could be misleading in pregnant or lactating women and in muscular individuals. 		 *

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Obesity itself is not an eating disorder, 
but people who are obese or who fear becoming obese 
may develop an eating disorder. 

Eating disorders are serious disorders and should not 
be taken lightly. If you suspect you have one or think 
someone you love does, please seek help. It could be 
a matter of life and death. 

Obesity and Anorexia, Bulimia, 
and Other Special Eating Disorders

Binge Eating Disorder - The most common eating disorder is binge eating disorder. Approximately 4 million Americans have this disorder. Binge eating disorder is more than just occasionally overeating. It is characterized by eating uncontrollably, quickly eating an unusually large amount of food at one sitting, even when the person is not hungry, and eating in secret because the person is embarrassed about the amount of food he/she eats. 
More women than men have binge eating disorder, and most of the people who have it are overweight or obese. Binge eaters eat mostly sugar and fat, and as a result, they may be lacking certain vitamins and nutrients. Many of them are also depressed. Treatments for this disorder include therapy and medications such as antidepressants. 
Bulimia Nervosa - Binge eating is also present in another eating disorder called bulimia nervosa. It is estimated that 1.1 to 4.2 percent of females will have bulimia nervosa in their lifetime. Bulimics are caught in a binge/purge cycle. They binge eat, usually in secret, then purge to get rid of the calories just eaten. Purging may involve either self-induced vomiting after eating or using laxatives, diuretics, or enemas. People with bulimia may also exercise intensely for long periods of time in an attempt to burn off the extra calories taken in during binge eating, or they may go for long periods of time without eating. Many bulimics do a combination or all of these things. 
Bulimia affects more women than men and more young women in their teens and twenties than older women. These women are usually obsessed with their weight and truly believe that they are overweight even though most have a normal body weight. It can cause a number of serious health effects, including anemia, dehydration, heart problems, ruptured esophagus, stomach ulcers, and even death. Like binge eating disorder, bulimia is treated with therapy and medications. 
Anorexia Nervosa - On the opposite side of binge eating is anorexia nervosa. It affects around 1 to 2 percent of the female population. Anorexia is characterized by self-starvation and obsession with food, weight, and appearance, weight loss of 15% or more below the normal body weight, and an intense fear of being fat. Many of them look emaciated, but they're convinced they are fat. 
Because anorexics literally starve themselves, their bodies are severely depleted of nutrients. As a result, they develop muscular atrophy, dehydration, low blood pressure, and brain and organ damage to name a few. As many as 10 percent of anorexics die. Most anorexics deny they have a problem until the problem gets so bad that they have to be hospitalized. Because anorexia is so life-threatening, the first stage of treatment is getting body weight back to normal. Once this is on track, therapy and medications are used.

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FATS & CHOLESTEROL

For years we heard that a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet would keep us healthy and help us lose weight. And many of us jumped on the bandwagon, eliminating fat and high-cholesterol foods from our diets. Well, unfortunately, we were doing it all wrong. 
Instead of eliminating fat completely, we should only have been eliminating the "bad fats," the fats associated with obesity and heart disease and continued to eat the "good fats," the fats that actually help improve blood cholesterol levels. 

Before we examine the good fats and bad fats, let's talk about cholesterol. 

According to Dr. Michael Colgan, Ph.D., CCN, (The New Nutrition, page 127) "...heart disease risk starts to rise at a cholesterol level of 168 mg/dl, not the 200 mg/dl bandied about by the media." Having said that, we need to understand one thing upfront and that is cholesterol is not your enemy. Cholesterol is necessary to live...all of your steroid hormones (adrenaline, estrogen and testosterone) come from it.

Cholesterol - It's been ingrained into our brains that cholesterol causes heart disease and that we should limit our intake of foods that contain it, but dietary cholesterol is different than blood cholesterol. Cholesterol comes from two places—first, from food such as meat, eggs, and seafood, and second, from our body. Our liver makes this waxy substance and links it to carrier proteins called lipoproteins. These lipoproteins dissolve the cholesterol in blood and carry it to all parts of your body. Our body needs cholesterol to help form cell membranes, some hormones, and Vitamin D. 
You may have heard of "good" and "bad" cholesterol. Well, high-density lipoproteins (HDL) carry cholesterol from the blood to the liver. The liver processes the cholesterol for elimination from the body. If there's HDL in the blood, then less cholesterol will be deposited in the coronary arteries. That's why it's called "good" cholesterol. 
Low-density lipoproteins (LDL), carry cholesterol from the liver to the rest of the body. When there is too much in the body, it is deposited in the coronary arteries. This is not good. A build-up of cholesterol in our arteries could prevent blood from getting to parts of our heart. That means that our heart won't get the oxygen and nutrients it needs, which could result in heart attack, stroke, or sudden death. So, if your LDL is higher than your HDL, you're at a greater risk for developing heart disease. 
It may come as a surprise, but recent studies have shown that the amount of cholesterol in our food is not strongly linked to our blood cholesterol levels. It's only the types of fats you eat that affect your blood cholesterol levels. 

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