So, what is your opinion about this ad? Do you think this is the responsibility of the parents as well as the men in uniform scrubs to keep the children in Georgia healthy and fit, but not the Strong4Life group? Is this somewhat a kind of discrimination? Or might be a great help to lessen obesity?

Source: Georgia Childhood Obesity Campaign Draws Criticism

A diet plan is one of the ways to be fit. Doctors and surgeons wearing uniforms scrubs may give you a surgery just to have the body you desire to have but this is just so unnatural. Exercise and proper diet are some of the simplest ways and yet, the most effective in order to be fit. Your medical practitioners wearing uniforms scrubs could help you know more about this, eh. Yet, if there are diets that are considered healthy and are the best, there are also worst diets that don't work. "The worse news: Many diets are detrimental to your health and mental stability. In our desperation to find said “silver bullet,” we've put ourselves in harm's way, especially when it comes to fad dieting. While some of these diets may help you lose weight in the short term, their methods can be unhealthy, and the pounds you shed usually don't stay off for long." Here are some of them:

The Hallelujah Diet

An all-vegetable diet made of 85 percent raw, uncooked foods and 15 percent cooked foods. Vegetables that are uncooked are in a more natural state, according to this diet, and cooked vegetables are tainted by whatever juices they may be cooked in.

“I'm not a fan of vegan diets in general,” John Bock, nutritionist and dietitian at the Integrated Nutrition Therapy center in Southern New Jersey claims. “They aren't very safe. Most patients really need to be monitored very closely by health professionals in uniforms scrubs because they often become anemic.” Also, eating solely raw vegetables is not only hard on your digestive system, since cooked foods are absorbed more easily, but there is no proof that raw vegetables are more effective than cooked ones.

Cabbage Soup Diet

For a solid week, “indulge” in a bottomless bowl of cabbage soup and some select low-calorie food options. It promises to help you shed 10 pounds in that week; however there are no set guidelines to help you manage your weight loss.

“People lose a lot of weight from this diet because of the diarrhea they get from it alone,” says Bock. “You aren't getting any calories, [and] you're getting bloated and full from a very restrictive diet. From a gastrointestinal standpoint, it is catastrophic on the variability from day to day.

Baby Food Diet

The idea is simple: Replace one or two meals a day with 14 various jars of baby food and stick to one regular meal a day or several high-calorie snacks. While the quality of the baby food you choose does matter, the theory states that the portion-controlled jars will prevent overeating and you will become satisfied with smaller portions of food.

“All in all, baby food is not fortified for an adult. You're missing key nutrients,” Bock explains. “Eventually, it could lead to bone density issues. While it isn't necessarily harmful, it just isn't doable long-term.” While the weight may come off, it isn't going to stay off unless you eat baby food for the rest of your life, which could spell trouble.

The Chewing Diet

This diet entails chewing your food thoroughly — as in chewing each bite 80 times — to basically liquefy your food. Then, you spit it out. On paper, you will absorb fewer calories while still enjoying the taste of food.

“This is just short of bulimia,” states Bock. “This is a psychological problem and a form of disordered eating habits.” With such high levels of mastication, it almost causes an aversion to food — you'll get tired of chewing so much. Socially, it isn't acceptable, either. Ultimately, you are creating a nutrient imbalance, because you aren't getting the micronutrients or food absorption you need. Your body is also overproducing stomach acid in anticipation of digestion it will never need to do, leading to reflux and damaged teeth from housing food in the mouth for so long.

The Chocolate Milk Diet

The crux of this diet states that drinking three glasses of 1-percent chocolate milk throughout the day, alongside a healthy diet, will increase weight loss. Because of the calcium, vitamin D, endurance-boosting capabilities for workouts, and positive protein-body weight connection, chocolate milk has the power to help you diet “without ever dieting again.” Each component offers lofty reasons, mostly combinations of protein and carbohydrates, as to why it will aid your metabolism to help you burn fat.

“Cheese and crackers are protein and carbohydrates,” Bock candidly remarks. “The fact that it’s chocolate milk makes it more appealing. They are saying the calcium serves as a metabolic booster and the vitamin D will help you burn fat — these are all anecdotal. There is no proof that vitamin D substitution or calcium causes weight loss. In the big clinical picture, it does not produce the outcome.” Protein and carbohydrates that are found in this diet are actually used to replenish the body 30 minutes after a workout. While Bock gives the diet credit for promoting an exercise routine, he insists that any weight loss using this method hardly has anything to do with the chocolate milk itself.

Read more: 10 Diets that Don't Work Slideshow

Exercise and proper diet are commonly the ways of many in order to lose weight. Oftentimes, a lot of people suffer on having an extreme exercise daily and on controlling our appetite just to be fit. Some may complain that it really takes time to lose weight and so easy to gain fats. That's why others tend to go to doctors and nurses wearing lab coats and scrub uniforms to have a body surgery and to be seen as fit and slim. This one is quite expensive and of course unnatural. On the other hand there is a way to be slim that you will surely enjoy- which is through dancing.

Dancing has been proven and tested already by some of famous celebrities who maintained their body fit and healthy. Here are some celebrities who loss weight just by training on a dance floor and not by meeting any people in scrub uniforms just to be in shape. Check this out:

Janet Jackson

Any fan of Janet Jackson loves her for her dance moves as much as her singing. But as her weight has yo-yo'ed over the years (once reportedly dropping 60-pounds in just four months); she always manages to show up on stage busting a move, looking fitter than ever.

Eva Longoria

The Desperate Housewives actress has been known to shake up her fitness routine with a Zumba class or two. Even her character Gabby is a fictional fan, once referencing it on the show.

Vanessa Williams

The multi-talented Vanessa Williams makes staying in shape look effortless, once telling SHAPE that using an at-home meal delivery service helped keep her calories in check. But maintaining her fit figure takes more than just dieting, so when she's not sweating it out with her personal trainer, Williams has said she turns to the Latin-inspired workout known as Zumba.

Drew Barrymore

Add Drew Barrymore to the long list of celebs that plié their way to fitness with the ballet-inspired The Bar Method. In 2008 she told People magazine "it just knocks your butt off." Combine that with runs, Pilate's sessions, and eating right and it shows on the actresses' über fit physique.

Julianne Hough

This Dancing With the Stars pro turned Footloose actress stays in shape by doing what else, dancing! "Julianne has built her career on her dance talents," says Galardi, who has worked with the star on her fitness DVD series Dance with Julianne. "So we worked together to come up with programming that complemented her natural abilities in order to strengthen and tone the body and get it ready to dance or shoot all day."

Carmen Electra

Whether you agree with it or not, pole-dancing is a form of dance and Carmen Electra credits it for her drool-worthy figure. The star, who got her start as a dancer in an amusement park show in the early 90's, eventually created her own line of Aerobic Striptease fitness DVD's, with the help of celebrity trainer Jennifer Galardi.

Minnie Driver

Goodwill Hunting actress Minnie Driver has been taking the mix of Zumba, belly dancing, plyometrics, and strength training known as JÄM (short for Juicy Athletic Moves) 2-3 times a week for the last two years, says the workout's creator Neda Soderqvist. "She has a gorgeous, long, lean body and JÄM has further strengthened her core while developing and shaping her silhouette," Soderqvist says.

Pink

Another JÄM devotee, Pink, hip-hopped her way to a killer post-baby body. "Since [returning to working out], she's been such a pleasure to watch and work with," Soderqvist says. "Her number one goal has been staying healthy and strong as a woman and mother." Not to mention those impressive acrobatics she does in her shows!

Brooke Burke

She not only Danced With the Stars and won, she later became the show's host. Now, Brooke Burke's enjoying weekly JÄM sessions alongside stars such as Minnie Driver, Mira Sorvino, and Pink. "Brooke's in incredible shape already, but recently joined the classes and quickly discovered that JÄM is no joke!!" says the workout's creator, Neda Soderqvist. "She's now burning through the classes, following all the moves, and inspiring the rest of us. She of all people knows and appreciates how many calories dancing can burn."

Kelly Osbourne

Another DWTS alum, Kelly Osbourne has lost nearly 50 pounds since competing on the show in 2009. She recently credited the ballet-inspired The Bar Method for helping her to "get muscles" in "places [she] never knew [she] could get them."

Kirstie Alley

A recent stint on Dancing With the Stars helped Kirstie Alley shed a reported 100 pounds. While it's unlikely she's still dancing four hours a day, she's managed to keep up her workout regimen -- and keep off the weight.

LeAnn Rimes

"LeAnn says that dance makes her feel empowered, sexier, and more confident and loves how she doesn't stare at the clock wondering when class will be over!" says instructor Ilyse Baker. The feeling is mutual. The singer even recently gushed about Baker on her blog, crediting her for giving her the "passion and freedom to dance again." She added, "She has made me feel powerful as a woman, makes me remember to always have fun, forget the perfection, and own what you're doing."

Jennifer Lopez

The singer-turned-actress-turned-American Idol judge got her start as a "fly girl" on Fox's hit show In Living Color in the early 90's. So, it's no surprise Jennifer Lopez turns to her dancer roots to stay in shape today. After having twins in 2008, she's reportedly been telling people she's now in the "best shape of her life."

Source: Celebs Who Got Fit Dancing

Of the 5,994 respondents who were considered obese, 76% said they were actively trying to lose weight. But their other behaviors suggested that they were confused about healthy weight loss. Obese students who were trying to slim down were nearly twice as likely to smoke as obese kids who weren't trying to lose weight, for instance. Obese girls were 40% more likely to exercise for at least 60 minutes a day, compared with their non-dieting counterparts — a heartening finding — but they were also nearly three times as likely to drink sugary soda every day. Further, obese boys who said they wanted to lose weight were more than three times as likely to be sedentary and 47% more likely to play video games for three hours every day, compared with other obese boys.

Thus, there is indeed a wrong way in trying to lose weight. Even experts in nurses uniforms and lab coats could tell.  Furthermore, the findings of the study suggest the following ways to be done:

Obesity experts may need to drill down from the community and school levels to find out what individual teens are doing to try to lose weight. Most anti-obesity efforts focus on public-health measures like banning sodas from schools, but there isn't much data on whether teens really understand the nutrition and exercise messages that are key for healthy weight.

In addition, Lenhart says, is to get family doctors and nurses in nurses uniforms  to ask. "If a child is going to their pediatrician, and the doctor asks if they're losing weight, an appropriate follow up question might be, 'How are you doing that?'" she said. "It could help guide those teens to more productive weight loss activities."

Sources: PhotoBucket | Teen Weight Loss: They're Doing It Wrong

Fats are important nutrients that our body needs. According from a woman in medical scrubs uniforms, Barbara Roberts, MD, director of the Women's Cardiac Center at the Miriam Hospital in Providence and author of How to Keep from Breaking Your Heart, our body requires it in order to function. "Fats help you absorb vitamins A, D, and E, and they are vital for your nervous system," she added. Women who ate a Mediterranean diet filled with healthy monounsaturated fat lowered their risk of heart disease by 29 percent, according to a new study in Circulation.

However there is a kind of fat that is totally not healthy. It 100% promotes heart disease for it is made from unsaturated fat that's been chemically altered to prolong the shelf life of packaged foods. It also raises bad LDL and lower good HDL, increasing inflammation throughout the body. This is what we commonly call TRANS FAT. Trans fat is the common name for unsaturated fat with trans-isomer. They are fats that are not essential fatty acids. Small amounts of trans fats occur naturally in beef, lamb, and full-fat dairy products. But most come from processing liquid vegetable oil to become solid fat. They may be tasty and delicious, yet their consumption can increase the risk of coronary heart disease. Even those medical professionals wearing medical scrubs uniforms can attest to this. As of Jan. 1, 2006, food manufacturers have been required by the FDA to list trans fats on food labels.

Here are some of the foods that are rich in trans fat:

Spreads

Margarine is a twisted sister; it's loaded with trans fats and saturated fats, both of which can lead to heart disease. Other non-butter spreads and shortening also contain large amounts of trans fat and saturated fat.

Packaged foods

Cake mixes, biscuits, and other mixes all have several grams of trans fat per serving.

Soups

Ramen noodles and soup cups contain very high levels of trans fat.

Fast Food

Bad news here: Fries, chicken, and other foods are deep-fried in partially hydrogenated oil. Even if the chains use liquid oil, fries are sometimes partially fried in trans fat before they're shipped to the restaurant. Pancakes and grilled sandwiches also have some trans fat, from margarine slathered on the grill. Big nono from your physicians wearing medical scrubs uniforms.

Frozen Food

Those yummy frozen pies, pot pies, waffles, pizzas, even breaded fish sticks contain trans fat. Even if the label says it's low-fat, it still has trans fat.

Baked Goods

Even worse news -- more trans fats are used in commercially baked products than any other foods. Doughnuts contain shortening in the dough and are cooked in trans fat.Cookies and cakes (with shortening-based frostings) from supermarket bakeries have plenty of trans fat. Some higher-quality baked goods use butter instead of margarine, so they contain less trans fat, but more saturated fat.

Chips and Crackers

Shortening provides crispy texture. Even "reduced fat" brands can still have trans fat. Anything fried (like potato chips and corn chips) or buttery crackers have trans fat.

Breakfast food

Breakfast cereal and energy bars are quick-fix, highly processed products that contain trans fats, even those that claim to be "healthy."

Cookies and Candy

Look at the labels; some have higher fat content than others. A chocolate bar with nuts -- or a cookie -- is likely to have more trans fat than gummy bears.

Toppings and Dips

Nondairy creamers and flavored coffees, whipped toppings, bean dips, gravy mixes, and salad dressings contain lots of trans fat.

Sources: Top 10 Foods With Trans Fats | Google Images |  Trans Fat Rich Foods: Tips to Avoid Them | Wikipedia | Why Non-Fat Isn't the Answer

Nutrition, fitness and safety are at times hard to mix. There are nutritious foods that are ironically not good for fitness and there are diet foods that are not safe for our health. This post will talk about those diet foods that are good for any fitness program, nutritious as any medical practitioners in scrubs pants and nurse uniforms may consider and above all safe to our health.

Nutrisystem Diet

The Nutrisystem Nourish program is based on the Glycemic Index. Carbohydrates on the diet are generally low glycemic. A typical day would include 3 meals and 2 snacks. The food is available directly from NutriSystem website, who ship the food directly to the customer. There are options for men, women, and vegetarians.

How much potassium and vitamins B-12 and D are supplied by the Nutrisystem Diet is unclear, but the U.S. News panel deemed the packaged meals, supplemented with snacks of fresh produce, nonfat dairy, and protein sources, generally nutritious and safe.

Vegetarian Diet

A vegetarian diet focuses on plants for food. These include fruits, vegetables, dried beans and peas, grains, seeds and nuts. There is no single type of vegetarian diet. Instead, vegetarian eating patterns usually fall into the following groups: the vegan diet, which excludes all meat and animal products, the lacto vegetarian diet, which includes plant foods plus dairy products, the lacto-ovo vegetarian diet, which includes both dairy products and eggs.

When the U.S. News expert panel analyzed a vegetarian menu adapted from U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, with meals like buckwheat pancakes, vegetable soup, and tofu stir fry, they found the approach nutritious and “very” to “extremely” safe.

Ornish Diet

The Ornish diet is a low fat vegetarian way of eating with less than 10% of daily calories from fat, 70-75% from carbohydrates and 15-20% from protein. This diet encourages consumption of beans, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and limits intake of processed foods, high-fat dairy products, simple sugars and alcohol.

Provided you limit what doctor Dean Ornish calls “group 5” foods that are loaded with saturated fat and instead stick with groups 1 through 3 at the other end of Ornish’s spectrum—fish, plants, whole grains—your menu will stay in line with the government’s recommendations and you won’t risk your health. You can even ask your doctor  and nurses in their usual scrubs pants and nurse uniform. 

Jenny Craig Diet

The weight management program combines nutrition and physical activity with counseling, to help clients change lifestyle and eating habits. The goal of the program is that once clients reach their desired weight levels, they no longer need to rely on the program's prepackaged food, planned menus, or consultations to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Jenny Craig offers weight loss programs tailored to women, men, people with diabetes and seniors.

The foods on menu offered by the Jenny Craig diet plan are designed to meet the USDA Dietary Guidelines. They emphasize fruits, vegetables, whole grains, reduced fat milk products, and "heart healthy" fats, but also include lean meat, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts. Cholesterol, sodium, added sugars and saturated fats are limited in the foods.

The Jenny Craig Diet includes foods and chocolate designed to appeal to certain groups of people, also. The menu includes meatless selections, as well as plans directed toward men, teens, type 2 diabetics, and the elderly.

Dieters on Jenny Craig get appropriate amounts of fat, protein, and carbs, with lots of fiber and calcium. The program is “scientifically sound and safe,” said one of the experts. It garnered 3s, 4s, and 5s in both nutrition and safety categories.

Weight Watchers Diet

Weight Watchers' core approach is to assist members in losing weight by forming helpful habits, eating smarter, getting more exercise and providing support. No food is off limits; however, the newest plan is "taking a stand for unprocessed foods" and has adjusted the cost of items while retaining the fundamental "counting, budgeting, and planning approach" that has been the hallmark of Weight Watchers plans since the introduction of Points-based counting systems.

Dieters are allotted daily points that are devoured if they choose fatty foods like sweets. Weight Watchers promotes a healthy, balanced approach to eating, concluded the experts. They didn’t have many worries that dieters would miss out on nutrients or lose weight too quickly, and that makes it a safe plan.

Mayo Clinic Diet

This is not the famous clinic wherein you could find doctors and nurses wearing nurse uniform and scrubs pants but instead this is a program that uses a food pyramid that has vegetables and fruits as its base. It puts carbohydrates, meat and dairy, fats, and sweets into progressively more limited daily allowances. The diet emphasizes setting realistic goals, replacing poor health habits with good ones, and conscious portion control.

Volumetrics Diet

Its creator, nutritionist Barbara Rolls, PhD approach is to help people find foods that they can eat lots of while still losing weight. The hook of Volumetrics is its focus on satiety, the feeling of fullness. Rolls says that people feel full because of the amount of food they eat -- not because of the number of calories or the grams of fat, protein, or carbs. So the trick is to fill up on foods that aren't full of calories. Rolls claims that in some cases, following Volumetrics will allow you to eat more -- not less -- than you do now, while still slimming down.

A diet that’s also based on low-energy-dense foods, Volumetrics menu items are large in volume but low in calories. That’s thanks to a whole lot of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nonfat dairy, and lean meat. Volumetrics manages to meet or come close to recommendations for the majority of nutrients you need, making it a safe, healthy-eating approach.

Mediterranean Diet

Instead of focusing on what you can't have, the mediterranean diet focuses on what you can have -- the very best, freshest, healthiest foods."

A Mediterranean buffet will showcase foods like whole-grain pita and hummus, salads, fresh fruits and veggies, salmon, and beneficial fats like olive oil. Dieters can drink to each others’ health—a glass or two a day of red wine is encouraged. The diet meets the government’s recommendations for healthy eating without compromising safety.

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes or TLC Diet

This diet contains recommendations on the daily intake of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. Additionally, the diet also includes recommendations on fiber-containing products. This regimen basically focuses on the consumption of a balanced diet, emphasizing the difference between “good” fats and “bad” fats as well as the difference between “good” and “bad” carbohydrates.

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension or Dash Diet

Endorsed by the federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services, the diet is packed with produce and light on saturated fat and salt. This eating plan is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy foods; includes meat, fish, poultry, nuts and beans; and is limited in sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, red meat, and added fats. In addition to its effect on blood pressure, it is considered a well-balanced approach to eating for the general public. It is now recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as an ideal eating plan for all Americans.

Sources: Google Images | Wikipedia | Best Diets for Healthy Eating

The journey from fit to fat and back to fit again is a crucial one especially for those who are suffering from severe obesity. Obesity could trigger addiction to a person's body such as addiction to food as well as to procrastination. There are other deadly effects of obesity wherein your doctor wearing medical scrubs and nurses in nursing shoes could help you. However, this post is not about the effect of obesity but about a personal trainer named Drew Manning, a fit guy who is deliberately making himself fat is on a journey he calls Fit 2 Fat 2 Fit where he spends six months eating unhealthy food and not exercising, and then he will take six more months to get fit again. His reason is to experience for himself what it’s like to be overweight, how tough it is to lose weight, and ultimately show others how to get fit.

I've read an article about him on Yahoo News and I'll quote some of his words when it comes to obesity and addiction to food.

"To some extent, all of these foods that I’m eating (sugary cereals, granola bars, juices, white breads, white pastas, sodas, crackers, chips, frozen dinners, mac n cheese, etc.) taste delicious. But then I feel like crap later on and I get hungry again and crave those same foods...I’m to the point where I feel lethargic and uncomfortable. I definitely feel “addicted” to these foods. In the beginning, I did not like soda, but now I can’t go a day without, otherwise I’ll get the headaches, bad mood, etc.  Emotionally, it’s taken a toll on my confidence level, even in my marriage. I don’t like the way I look in public; nothing fits right; bending over to tie my shoes or clip my toe nails has become so difficult. I’ve definitely taken those things for granted."

Drew Manning’s journey (fit to fat) is the journey taken by many, yet some have no idea on where is the road on going back. Hope this man will find his way, which others didn't. He could be a great example of weight success, if he does it, eh. Many will be inspired as well and realized that being fit to fat and the road to fit again is possible. And you can do it by yourself rather than looking for help on trainers and other medical practitioners in medical scrubs and nursing shoes.

Here I provide a list of some of the celebrities who had experience weight changes (from fit to fat or from fat to fit):

Sara Rue

 The 32-year-old actress dropped 50 pounds after joining Jenny Craig and taking up running. Since becoming a Jenny Craig spokesperson, Rue has carefully maintained her size 6 frame. "I’m done losing weight," she told People magazine.

Randy Jackson

In 2002, the American Idol judge weighed over 300 pounds. The music legend, 54, struggled to keep his diabetes under control and opted for gastric bypass surgery in 2003.He lost 100 pounds and has kept it off by eating fewer processed foods, cutting back on fat and sugar, and spending more time walking on his treadmill and playing tennis. 

Ricki Lake

 Weight played a key role in the actress’s big break in 1988’s Hairspray, where she portrayed chubby Tracy Turnblad. But Lake, now 42, struggled throughout the next 20 years, losing an extreme 100 pounds in 1992 by "starving" herself, she said. However, after limiting calories more responsibly and joining a fresh-food delivery service, she shed 140 pounds and maintains a healthy size 6. 

Kirstie Alley

One of the most notorious yo-yo dieters, actress Kirstie Alley, 60, was once the face of Jenny Craig. She lost 75 pounds with the diet plan’s help, but gained much of it back after her contract ended. She starred in her own show about her struggle with her weight in the mid-2000s, when her weight had ballooned to over 200. In 2008, she pledged to lose 80 pounds, and tweeted in September 2010 that she had just 30 more to go. Now she’s back to being fit, eh. 

Ron Lester

Best known for playing Billy Bob in 1999’s Varsity Blues, Lester, now 40, was over 500 pounds at his heaviest. By December of 2000 he had had enough of playing obese characters and not being able to move comfortably on the set. He turned to gastric bypass surgery (which was still experimental at the time) and needed 17 follow-up procedures to remove excess skin. He slimmed down to a healthy 193 pounds.

Mo’Nique

 Although the comedian and actress was always vocal about loving her body the way it was, she made the decision to get healthy after being diagnosed with high blood pressure and topping out at 262 pounds. Mo’Nique, 43, lost around 45 pounds in 2009 by eating healthier. She nixed junk food, red meat, and fried foods, and went from a size 20 to a 14.

Valerie Bertinelli

In 2007, after reaching 172 pounds, the actress became a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig and lost 50 pounds. Our former cover girl, 50, now stays around 128 pounds by watching her portion sizes and getting active—she even ran the 2010 Boston Marathon! 

Renee Zellweger

To play the classic, awkward thirty something role of Bridget Jones, actress Renee Zellweger, now 41, gained 20 pounds and went from a size 4 to a size 14.Perhaps more shocking was her post-Bridget Jones slim down. She dieted to lose the weight she had put on, and continued to lose even after returning to her healthy size 4. Constant weight fluctuations, like Zellweger's, can make it harder for dieters to lose pounds and keep them off in the long run.

Seth Rogen

Since first gracing the silver screen, funny guy Seth Rogen has slimmed down significantly by working out with trainer to the stars Harley Pasternak. The 28-year-old ditched around 30 pounds in nine months.

Nicole Richie

In 2006, the 5'2" socialite weighed only about 90 pounds—dangerously thin even by Hollywood standards—and sought treatment for her weight issues. Many speculated she was suffering from an eating disorder, although she never spoke openly about it. Richie, 29, who has two children and was recently married, has remained slim, but appears to be at a healthier weight than at her thinnest.

Janet Jackson

 A notorious yo-yo dieter, Janet Jackson and her weight have been a near constant topic in the media. She showed off her incredible body in our December 2010 issue and admitted eating only an apple and a small bag of tortilla chips a day while preparing for her Love Will Never Do music video shoot. Today, Jackson, 44, sticks to a much healthier pescatarian diet and works out regularly with a trainer.

Charlize Theron

The actress gained 30 pounds eating doughnuts, and was almost unrecognizable as a prostitute and serial killer in 2003’s Monster. She returned to her normal weight even before the film’s premiere. Theron, 35, who has said she is usually around a size 8 and likes her curves, went on to win the Golden Globe for Best Actress for the role.

Jared Leto

 The actor gained 60 pounds to play the role of John Lennon’s killer in the film Chapter 27. The sudden and dramatic gain left him with severe gout-like foot pain. Leto, 38, told the New York Daily News that he “gorged and force-fed” himself to put on the pounds. He said it took over a year to feel like he was back to normal and won’t be gaining weight for a role again. 

Kelly Osbourne

 After a stint on Dancing with the Stars, Ozzy's daughter quit her emotional eating and dropped 50 pounds. All the dance workouts and weight training paid off for the 26-year-old; she barred her new size 2 body on the December 2010 cover of Shape magazine.

Kevin Federline

Once a toned dancer, the former Mr. Britney Spears ballooned to 240 pounds around the time of his 30th birthday.Never one to pass up a chance in the spotlight, K-Fed, 32, appeared on VH1’s reality show Celebrity Fit Club in 2010 to try to slim down, but he has continued to struggle with his weight. 

50 Cent

The rapper's shocking weight loss wasn’t because of any health concerns; it was because of his role as a cancer patient in the upcoming film Things Fall Apart.In May 2010, 50 Cent, 35, revealed emaciated-looking photos of himself. He had dropped from 214 pounds to a slight 160 in just nine weeks. With shooting wrapped, he was back to looking like himself by September 2010.

Oprah Winfrey

When it comes to weight-loss tabloid fodder, Oprah, 57, reigns supreme. Her weight has fluctuated often and drastically, and it’s always been "breaking news." The yo-yoing is partly due to a thyroid condition, which she said she had leaned on as an excuse to eat whatever she wanted in the past. In the early 2000s, she trimmed down to a fit 160 and thought she had finally conquered her weight issues. But in 2008, she opened up that she had hit 200 pounds—again. In 2010, she announced on her show that she would never diet again.

Christian Bale

 This Batman famously lost a startling 63 pounds to play a chronic insomniac in the film The Machinist. Bale, now 37, reportedly took supplements to make sure he still got his vitamins but hardly ate and over exercised to trim himself to only 122 pounds. He slimmed down again more recently from his normal 185 pounds to play a former professional boxer in The Fighter.

Jennifer Hudson

The Grammy and Oscar winner’s dramatic weight loss was the makeover on everyone’s lips in 2010. In August 2009, Hudson had to lose her baby weight before shooting her next movie, Winnie, in which she plays Nelson Mandela’s wife. She worked out regularly with celeb trainer Harley Pasternak and cut back on calories with help from the Weight Watchers program. Now the face of Weight Watchers, Hudson, 29, is a slender size 6, down from a 16v

New research in the journal Pediatrics found out that parents prefer on hearing their children to have an "unhealthy weight" than hearing from their doctors and nurses in nursing shoes that their kids are fat or obese.

"Many people find the term 'fat' to be pejorative and judgmental," says Rebecca Puhl, the study's lead author and Rudd's director of research. "A lot of the time, providers have positive intentions, but the language they use can be seen as blaming, accusatory and not helpful."

So if you are a medical practitioner in lab coat and nursing shoes, try to be careful not just with your actions but even with your words.

Source: Don't Call My Kid Fat! 

Summer is soon coming to an end, but our cravings for delicious foods and even summer cocktails still goes on in every season. Yet, these foods and drinks that we often yearned have a high tendency to make us obese and thus a great factor for us to see our physicians in their scrubs uniform in order for them to check our blood pressure with their blood pressure device.

Here, I post some of the dishes that could make you fat and as well as cocktails that could have a less fattening effect as the usual summer cocktails. I found these from the various sources on the web lately.

Summer’s Fattening Foods

High-Fat Barbecue Meats

Sizzling steaks, ribs, and hamburgers are waistline wideners. Pork or beef ribs are the fattiest part of the animal to eat. Plus, a 20-oz. T-bone steak can top 1,540 calories with 124 g fat. The average burger with bun and cheese contains about 740 calories. 

Salads with Mayonnaise

Just a small half cup of typical potato salad packs 180 calories with 12 g of fat – and the others are no better. Better alternatives: salads made with light mayo, low-fat yogurt or vinegar and oil.

Ice Cream

A cup of soft-serve ice cream can have 380 calories and 22 g of fat. If it’s a Dairy Queen chocolate chip cookie dough blizzard the calories soar to 720, with 28 g of fat! And Ben and Jerry's two-scoop Chunky Monkey in a waffle cone has 659 calories and 34 g of fat.

Fair Foods

State fairs, carnivals, and seashore boardwalks serve some of the most fattening deep-fried diet disasters. From fried cheesecake (around 500 calories), fried macaroni and cheese (610 calories) to gigantic turkey legs (1,136 calories and 54 g fat), most eat-while-you-walk foods will give you calorie overload.

Salad Dressings

A salad can be the perfect no-cook summer dinner unless you’re topping it with a high-calorie dressing, bacon cheese or croutons. For example an ounce of croutons is 142 calories with 6 g fat, and 3 strips of crumbled bacon tops out at 124 calories, 9 g fat.

Cold Drinks

Smoothies, milkshakes, and cold coffee concoctions are big offenders. A vanilla shake has 738 calories and a Starbucks' 2% iced dulce de leche with whip cream packs 420 calories and 16 g of fat in just a 16- oz. serving.

Sweet Cocktails

Pina Colada, anyone? Just one glass can add a whopping 500 calories and a daiquiri (depending on size) can boost your intake up to 800 calories.

Sweet cocktails could be a very fattening summer drinks, yet there are ways to make it less fattening. Here are some of the ways to make it obesity free and also free from the scrutiny of those people in scrubs uniform with blood pressure device.

Summer Cocktails that are Less Fattening

Mimosa

·         Squeeze your own fresh orange juice to avoid any added ingredients.

·         Use light orange juice, which has less sugar and fewer carbohydrates than regular juice.

Bloody Mary

·         Use the lowest-proof vodka you can find. As a general rule, the higher the alcohol content, the higher the calories.

·         Try substituting the Asian spirit shochu for vodka, which tastes like vodka but has fewer calories.

·         Use tomato juice that has no added sugar and is low in sodium.

·         Don't use bottled Bloody Mary mix, which has extra ingredients you don't need.

Vodka Martini

·         Consider eliminating the dry vermouth. Add a little olive brine instead for flavor.

·         Use a lower-proof vodka for fewer calories.

Mojito

·         Use artificial sugar or natural sweeteners like honey or agave instead of sugar.

·         Reduce quantities of the liquid ingredients and add club soda.

·         Choose lower-proof rum and stay away from flavoured rum; flavours add calories.

Margarita

·         Use 2 oz. of tequila and no triple sec.

·         Use artificial sugar or natural sweeteners like honey instead of triple sec.

·         Add the ingredients to a glass nearly full of crushed ice, so you drink less.

·         Use low-proof tequila.

·         Squeeze real limes instead of using store-bought lime juice.

Vodka Tonic

·         Use light tonic water.

·         Use lower-proof vodka.

Cosmopolitan

·         Use lower-proof vodka.

·         Use diet cranberry juice or use a mixture of 0.5 oz. cranberry juice and 0.5 oz. water.

·         Substitute artificial sugar or natural sweeteners for triple sec.

Piña Colada

·         Substitute low-fat or fat-free sweetened condensed milk with coconut extract for coconut cream.

·         Use low-proof, non-flavored rum.

Mai Tai

·         Use non-flavored, low-proof rum.

·         Use artificial sweetener instead of triple sec and sweet-and-sour mix.

·         Use diet or light pineapple juice.

·         Use low-fat or fat-free condensed milk and almond extract.

Long Island Iced Tea

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·         Use artificial sweetener instead of sweet-and-sour mix.

• Use low-proof alcohol and fill most of the glass with diet soda

"It's vital that parents introduce children to fun and physically active pastimes to help prevent them becoming obese children, who are likely to become obese adults at risk of heart disease, diabetes and some cancers." (Maura Gillespie, head of policy and advocacy at the British Heart Foundation)

Nearly a quarter of British adults are obese, and authorities estimate that by 2050 about 90 percent of adults will be weighty. Maybe this is the reason why the British government issued guidelines that children under the age of 5 (including those who can't even walk yet) should exercise every day.

The Health department said kids under 5 who can walk should be physically active for at least three hours a day. The three hours of activity should be spread throughout the day. Officials in hospital scrubs and nursing uniforms said the children's daily dose of exercise is likely to be met simply through playing but could also include activities such as walking to school. They also said that parents should reduce the amount of time such kids spend being inactive while watching television or being strapped in a stroller.

For babies who can't walk yet, the government believed that physical activity should be encouraged from birth, including infants playing on their stomachs or having swimming sessions with their parents. The government said children's individual physical and mental abilities should be considered when interpreting the advice.

For children aged 5 to 18, Britain recommends at least one hour of exercise, but that should include intensive activities to strengthen muscles and bones.

This drastic move is not only done by the British government but also of the American government. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises children and teenagers to get about one hour or more of physical activity every day. According to the Institute of Medicine, an independent organization in Washington, D.C., toddlers should get at least 15 minutes of exercise for every hour they spend in child care.

And there is even a commentary of Harvard pediatrics professor and obesity expert David Ludwig that one way to manage the nation's childhood obesity crisis might be to take the most severely overweight kids away from their parents.  This action might help prevent you to see those medical professionals in hospital scrubs and nursing uniforms and also avert the development of severe health conditions like Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and liver problems in some of the 2 million or so very obese children in the U.S., Ludwig says. "State intervention may serve the best interests of many children with life-threatening obesity, comprising the only realistic way to control harmful behaviors."

However, foster care is not a good option, counters Vivek Sankaran, a law professor at the University of Michigan who directs the Detroit Center for Family Advocacy, which works to prevent children from entering state custody. "This is really dangerous stuff we're talking about. A lot of people don't realize how traumatic it is for children to be ripped away from their parents. People think this is a quick fix, but you need to make sure you have tried every other possibility to protect the child."

Yet Art Caplan, the director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, ignores the proposal. "Our laws give enormous authority to parents and rightly so. The only basis for compelling medical treatment against a parent's wishes are if a child is at imminent risk of death — meaning days or hours — and a proven cure exists for what threatens to kill them. Obesity does not pass these requirements."

Caplan further says that blaming parents for child obesity is short-sighted. It is more sensible, he recommends, to focus on the food culture:

This means doing what we have done for smoking. Demonize the companies that sell and market food that is not nutritious. That means you, candy, soda, fried food and snack food outfits. Tax them too. And get Hollywood and television to make overeating and not exercising uncool just like they did with smoking. Put exercise back on the menu for all school kids.

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In Britain, Even Toddlers are Urged to Exercise Every Day | Should Parents Lose Custody of Their Extremely Obese Kids?