From The Paragould Daily Press?..
It is no secret that the United States has an increasingly overweight citizenry and Greene County is no different.
According to 2008 Arkansas Health Department (AHD) statistics, the latest numbers available, 69 percent of Greene County residents are either overweight or obese.
Pat Malone, RN and Certified Diabetes Educator at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center, said the obesity problem was an epidemic.
?You are looking at an epidemic proportion of issues if we don?t intervene,? Malone said. ?It is not just [about] going on diets. Diets don?t work. It has to be a lifestyle change.?
Malone said obesity was particularly bad in the South due to ?regional things? that are ?genetically and culturally linked.?
?We fry everything instead of baking and boiling,? Malone said. ?[These are] eating patterns that are handed down from generation to generation.?
Malone said the meal portion sizes people eat also contribute to obesity.
?You get served double or triple [of a normal portion size],? Malone said.
Malone also said about a third of children aged 10 to 17 are overweight or obese. She said childhood obesity can cause diseases that would normally only occur later in life.
?All you have to do is drive by a playground and we are seeing diseases in our children occurring in six to eight year-olds,? Malone said. ?Our laziness as a nation is the root.?
Malone recommended controlling eating habits by cutting portion sizes and also getting a minimum of 150 minutes of exercise a week.
She said she teaches a class once a month at AMMC on healthy cooking at its Professional Office Building. She said the next class would be on Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. and those interested in attending would have to RSVP with the hospital by at least the day before the class.
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