This morning I was confronted with one of the most annoying things in life. I was running through the Sydney suburbs, when I saw a young child running away from his mum. This is not unusual you may be thinking, however he was about to run directly out into the traffic and his mum, who was morbidly overweight was in no position to chase after him. Luckily for him I was able to grab him just prior to him running in to the road and being badly hurt or worse.
While there was a good positive ending to the saga, it really got me thinking some more about the amount of overweight and obese folk out there, who are not in a position to act as a positive example to their children, or to offer them all the things that parents should be able to, such as running after them in the park and such, or in the case of the lady above, being able to catch their child and prevent him being running over. This is so unfortunate as is the fact that we in the west have such a problem with people being so overweight, whereas half of the world is starving to death. This does not add up at all.
We all have the power to wipe out type 2 diabetes and rid the world of obesity by just following some very simple rules like not eating junk (or overeating), doing some form of exercise each day and giving up soft drinks and replacing with water. It really is just that simple really.
Something needs to be done about this epidemic and the sooner the better or we as a society are in serious trouble.
Running together – while beating obesity – stride for stride on a life changing ride!
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