Children consuming a Mediterranean diet are 15% less likely to be overweight, study finds

A study of 8 European countries presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO)in Sofia, Bulgaria, shows that children consuming a diet more in line with the rules of the Mediterranean one are 15% less likely to be overweight or obese than those children who do not.

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<p>Question by ddakota87: opinions needed for fitness articles?
I have two links to fitness articles, All I need is opinions on them.Including a side you chose and why. or anything you want to put down. Im doing this for a research paper and i need opinions. or send a link for anouther article and your opinion. please tell me which one you did.

http://todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/30/9835816-get-back-to-fightin-weight-with-cage-fitness

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45484875/ns/today-today_health/#.T2bOBvVuqSo

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Answer by smiles
We join our mind, our body and our spirit in everything we do. A quote from this 91 year old Yoga instructor. I would have to say I choose her article with some skeptical notes. For some Christians, yoga is forbidden because it allows the enemy to enter your mind. For others yoga relaxes the muscles in your body which is needed to keep the blood flowing and keeps arteries from clogging. Does it work for all people? Not necessarily because she’s a small framed woman. Was she like this all her life? This article didn’t give those facts. This is why I stated I am a bit skeptical about her life. But age does matter. She’s 91 with a good health record. If it kept her alive this long than the yoga does work or does it? It states she swims laps. That’s where she gets her extra energy of exercise. So, yoga by itself isn’t as efficient as it sounds. All it does is relax your body and relieves stress. The swimming is what keeps her fit. At first, I was going to choose Cage fitness because its similar to boot camp but this extensive routine can cause many other health problems like strokes or heart attacks because the arteries are working twice as hard and the muscles will cramp up more. But, remember she swims. That’s as equivalent to extensive exercise movements. My dad is 85 years old and he goes to a fitness gym and eats healthy. He never had a stroke or heart attack. He use to have high blood pressure until he began eating the proper food. I read the other day a 21 year old having a heart attack and she is fit and a vegan. She found out she had a rare high cholesterol. Both article is good but the comparison would be that no matter what kind of exercise a person engages it depends on that individuals health. You can be skinny and fit and die because your heart gave out because of the extensive workout. The yoga routine is slow paced and the heart works lesser. She’s been doing yoga for 51 years with the aid of swimming. The water relaxes the muscles and gives the heart less to pump which eliminates any possible heart attack or strokes. No where did I read that she had any heart problems, cancer or anything major wrong with her not even arthritis. Hope this helps but remember do a comparison for your research paper.

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