Healthy Weight Loss
Obesity in Tonga

I saw a new item yesterday on how over 60% of the residents of Tonga are now suffering from Obesity as a result of a a bad diet and eating habits. Tonga and other pacific islands are well know for producing big Rugby players. However the government is so concerned that they are going to increase the price of canned meat products which stack supermarket shelves.

Another cause of Obesity is rooted in the traditional hospitality where all visitors are offered food, which is regarded as a sign of affluence. Combined with this is the regular Sunday feasting.

Hospitals regularly run exercise classes to help in prove peoples waistlines. Some people have gone as far as having their teeth wired together so they can only take a liquid diet in order to achieve a fast weight drop.

It would seem you are what you eat and if you replace a healthy diet based on fish with processed food containing fat you will become fat.

David Ogden
Healthy Weight Loss
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