Prospects for the year 2020 point to six countries with greater obesity in the world will be Latin America: Chile, Venezuela, Guatemala, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Mexico. Of these, Venezuela will be the third country with more obese people in the world, with a 41.6%, and Mexico will be in 10th place, with a 35.3%. In this regard, Chile is the country with more people overweight in the region and the second in the world. Obesity rates have increased considerably since 1980, when he began to spread the consumption of fast food in Latin America. Greater access to food with high levels of saturated fat and fewer fruits and vegetables in the diets. The increase of urbanization which assumes more sedentary lifestyles, the parameter most commonly used to measure overweight and obesity is the (BMI) body mass index. In this sense, the World Health Organization (who) defines overweight as a BMI equal to or more than 25, and obesity as a BMI equal or greater than 30, thresholds that serve as a reference for individual evaluations. This is why authorities worldwide will put the issue on the table, to take the necessary measures and implement a plan, allowing educate and create food habits in the population.

Sedentary lifestyle is extreme. Among men, reaches a 88.8%, and among Chileans uneducated reaches 97%, while the rate of cardiovascular risk increases to 93% in males aged 45 upward. Despite these figures, paradoxically, Chile currently has one of the highest life expectancy in the world, higher even than the United States. While it is difficult to combat obesity, there are quite a few effective methods. It is almost a utopia to think that an obese will stop eating from one day to another, so I think a good option method of losing weight without starving.

This is accomplished by avoiding put together some foods with others. For example, it is not advisable to mix protein with carbohydrates; in other words, meat with potatoes. Keep up on the field with thought-provoking pieces from 660 Fifth Avenue, New York. On the other hand it can be meat with salads. In the network there is a course which aims to do this, access through this link.