Prevention of Obesity

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Obese children tend to be obese later in life. Help your children by setting healthy eating habits at home and encouraging regular exercise.
Exercise does not just burn up calories. Regular aerobic exercise resets the metabolic rate at a higher level, so that even in ordinary everyday life the body is using more calories overall. This effect is lost quickly once regular exercise is stopped. Regular exercise will increase your appetite but your increased metabolic rate will more than compensate for it.
Work out your daily calorie requirement from a calorie-counting book, and keep a food diary for a week. Donâ€™t change anything about your usual diet, just note the quantity and type of everything eaten or drunk. Work out exactly how many calories youâ€™ve consumed, and compare this with your expected calorie requirement. This should give you a good guide as to whether you need to cut your calories.