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Written By: Agencies | Published : April 24, 2015 10:22 AM IST
We often binge eat and pay zero attention to our diet thinking we will work out and burn those excessive calories. But a new study now claims that most of us are bound to have metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity irrespective of our BMI and physical activity. The researchers also claimed even athletes are not spared from these irregularities.
This editorial that appeared in the Journal of Sports Medicine suggests that up to 40% people with a normal BMI may possess these harmful metabolic abnormalities. This study tries to break the notion that obesity is a result of lack of physical activity. (Read: Did you know there are six different types of obesity? )
The prevalence of diabetes increases 11-fold for every 150 additional sugar calories consumed daily, compared with the equivalent amount of calories consumed as fat. The evidence now suggests that carbs are no better.
Recent research indicates that cutting down on dietary carbohydrate is the single most effective approach for reducing all of the features of the metabolic syndrome and should be the primary strategy for treating diabetes, with benefits occurring even in the absence of weight loss. Furthermore, research suggests that rather than carbohydrate loading ahead of intense exercise, athletes would be better off adopting a high fat low-carb diet. (Read: Eat raw capsicum as a salad to control your diabetes and obesity)
The food environment needs to be changed so that people automatically make healthy choices, suggest the authors.This 'will have far greater impact on population health than counselling or education. Healthy choice must become the easy choice', they wrote.
They describe the public relations tactics of the food industry as 'chillingly similar to those of Big Tobacco', which deployed denial, doubt, confusion and 'bent scientists' to convince the public that smoking was not linked to lung cancer. 'Celebrity endorsements of sugary drinks and the association of junk food and sport must end,' they declared, adding that health clubs and gyms need to set an example by removing the sale of these products from their premises. (Read:'Healthy' obesity is a misleading concept: Study)
Public health messaging has unhelpfully focused on maintaining a 'healthy weight' through calorie counting but it is the source of the calories that matters.'Sugar calories promote fat storage and hunger. Fat calories induce fullness or satiation,' they contended. 'Let us bust the myth of physical inactivity and obesity. You can't outrun a bad diet,' they concluded.
Source: IANS
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