How to Prevent Obesity

Series Summary

Everyone wants to live a fit and healthy life, but sometimes beginning a new low fat diet can be daunting and even challenging. Changing eating habits and learning to prepare low-calorie, low-fat food might be difficult to acclimate to at first, but having a solid knowledge base about the healthy types of foods and some inspiration towards creating a delicious menu full of diet-friendly meals is a great start. Healthy snacks, exercise and a refrigerator makeover are great steps for diet beginners. In this free video series on diets, a registered dietitian and Florida-licensed nutritionist discusses several diet and nutrition options. Find out how to avoid obesity, how to have a healthy digestive system and how to include more fruits and vegetables in the diet. Learn what supplements are necessary for most people, and get tips on treating medical problems through a diet change. For overall well-being and a better quality of life, seek nutritional changes that can improve health both inside and out.

Video Transcript

"This is Rachael with Nutrolution in Miami Beach, Florida. In this clip we're going to talk about how to prevent obesity. As we all know obesity has become a national phenomenon that we're all dealing with. Whether it's you or whether it's someone that you care about, it's definitely affecting us, and the best ways to prevent it are to focus on number one, what you eat, and number two, how much activity you do, because obesity and weight comes down to the basic equation of activity and calories consumed. So one is burning calories which is your activity and one is consuming, so historically our ancestors used to all be very active. Our men would be out hunting and the women would be home caring for children, caring for the household and you know, even building the household to a certain degree and farming and things of this nature. So I definitely encourage you to work on the activity level, but in addition if you work a sedentary job which most of us do in today's age, then I definitely encourage you to focus more on what you eat, and make sure that you're really limiting how much of the carbs that become stored energy in your diet, so this has been Rachael with Nutrolution in Miami Beach."