Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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Disconnected: body weight and physical condition

This blog will focus on a disturbing article I read this morning called "Worry over weight: Poll finds disconnect." The article finds that most individuals are far more concerned with the way they look, as opposed to their overall health. This alarming trend has worked its way from Hollywood into our own backyards.

  "Are we worried just about appearance, or about whether our size signals a health problem? There's a big disconnect between body image and true physical condition", an Associated Press-iVillage poll suggests. A lot of people say they're dieting despite somehow avoiding healthy fruits and veggies. Many others think they're fat when they're not. 
 
  Society's priorities have flipped to the point that folks would rather look like a model than an athlete, particularly women. ""There's an undervaluing of physical fitness and an overvaluing of absolute weight and appearance for women in our culture." About 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. The AP-iVillage poll of 1,000 adult women mirrors the government's count on that. More surprising, perhaps, are women's attitudes and actions.
 
  "Half don't like their weight, even 26 percent of those whose body mass index or BMI — a measure of weight for height — is in the normal range. But just a third don't like their physical condition, even though being overweight and sedentary are big risk factors for Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other ailments. The poll found women putting in a median of 80 minutes of exercise a week, meaning half do even less. The average adult is supposed to get 2 1/2 hours of exercise a week for good health".
 
  Honestly, I am upset by this article as a fitness professional. Has our own vanity gotten in the way of what is truly important; our health and happiness? When are people going to realize that they did not gain weight, or get "out of shape" overnight. Thus, they will not be able to fix their issues overnight. It has to be a lifestyle change. Rome was not built in a day.
 
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