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depressed emotions. When there are emotional traumas, 3. Obesity is supported by an imbalanced endocrine system repressed emotions or emotional excesses, these things have which is non-functioning due to ingestion of processed vegetable negative consequences for the internal organs as well. The oils, sugar, exogenous hormones and environmental toxins. physical tissues and the emotional and mental spheres of 4. Obesity has its roots in addiction, depression and stagnation consciousness are much more tightly connected than previously of an individual's mental and emotional outlook. imagined. 5. Obesity is associated with the Much emphasis is placed on the need avoidance of the foods that would for physical activity. While it is true that actually be beneficial, such as healthy humans need to move around and get The addiction to food can animal fats and protein. some exercise in order to be healthy, The commonly prescribed solution of physical activity isn't enough. There become almost secondary "eating less and exercising more" needs to be movement on the mental and | tg the habitual indulging in typically fails because it does not address emotional levels as well. Humans need any of these key issues. to think and feel, too, in order to be self-defeating thoughts If we are going to overcome obesity as whole, complete beings. Our modern- and feelings. a public health disorder, each person day lifestyles not only squelch our must take back his or her power of capacity to perform physical exercise, choice and decide again on how to live. but also our thinking and feeling We each have the opportunity many abilities. Our demanding schedules leave us little room to think for ourselves. It seems that, instead or a life of sickness of giving ourselves the space we need to feel and release our Taking responsibility for this power and utilising it to its full emotions, we easily get trapped and mired in them with solutions extent is what we desperately require. aimed at coping with the dysfunction rather than ever really resolving it. About the Author: David Zanli ND 1 Ac ic a lirancad natiuranathie nhvcician times every day to choose a life of health About the Author: David Zeoli, ND, LAc, is a licensed naturopathic physician and acupuncturist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. He received his doctorate in Naturopathy and Master's Degree in Oriental Medicine from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. On completing his national board exams, he obtained licensure and has practised in several clinics around the country. Dr Zeoli's article "Dental Disease: Plague of Modern Society" was published in NEXUS vol. 13, no. 2. Dr Zeoli can be contacted by email at dzeoli@yahoo.com. Overcoming Obesity As we have seen in this article, obesity is a condition caused by multiple factors. We have painted a picture that diverges considerably from the accepted myths and misconceptions. In summary: 1. Obesity is a condition involving malnourishment and major nutrient deficiencies 2. Obesity arises from dysfunction in the normal operating patterns of the digestive system due to long-term poor diet. Endnotes documents/iotf_en.pdf lives within a small circle of about a five- 1. Super Size Me (2004), directed by 4b. "Obesity Surgery in Russia", Obesity foot radius and doesn't move from there Morgan Spurlock, distributed by Surgery 9(1):40-3, February 1999. until the end. Friends bring the individual Showtime Independent Films and others. 5. Proietto, J., "Can the obesity epidemic large quantities of milk with which they 2. Obesity is defined as having a Body e eae Pac J Clin Nutr 14 gorge themselves. Predictably, the Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or over, and uppl:S32, . Pe ec agai Fang having a BMI of 25 or over is the strict 6. "The Global Challenge of Obesity and mt eal ee definition of being overweight. To the International Obesity Task Force", _ . determine your BMI, measure your weight _ http://www. iuns.org/features/obesity/ wodist nae ceil semi eat! . in kilograms and divide this number by the _ tabfig.htm#Figure%201. eventually shrink bac! Woe healthy size. square of your height measured in metres; | 7. CDC/NCHS, "Prevalence of 10. Fallon, Sally with Enig, Mary G., i.e., BMI = weight (kg) / height (m)°. Overweight and Obesity Among Children Nourishing Traditions, New Trends 3. WHO, "Global Strategy on Diet, and Adolescents: United States, Publishing, Inc., Washington, DC, 2001 Physical Activity and Health: Obesity and 1999-2002", http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ (revised 2nd edition), p. 7. Overweight", http://www.who.int/ products/pubs/pubd/hestats/overwght99. 11. Putnam, Judy and Gerrior, Shirley, dietphysicalactivity/publications/facts/ htm. "Trends in the US Food Supply, 1970-97", obesity/en/. 8. WHO, "Controlling the global obesity USDA/ERS, http://www.ers.usda.gov/ 4, CDC/NCH S, "Prevalence 0! epidemic”, http://www.who.int/nutrition/ publications/aib750/aib750g. pdf. Overweight and Obesity Among Adults: topics/obesity/en/. : : ; 12. Petrescu, O. et al., "Long-chain fatty United States", 1999-2002, 9. There are two points to consider on this acid uptake is upregulated in omental http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ products/pubs/ issue. First, Morgan Spurlock himself adi sf afcara nn . pubd/hestats/obese/obse99.htm. returned to a healthy bodyweight after EES ESOT TT unwersomng 4a. Platform on Diet, Physical Activity discontinuing his McDonald's diet. bariatric surgery for obesity’, Int J Obes and Health, International Obesity Task Second, there is a remote tribe in Africa (Lond) 29(2): 196-203, February 2005. Force in collaboration with the European that has a kind of "fat contest" where 13. Ichinose Y. et al., ["Formation of Association for the Study of Obesity, participants attempt to gain more weight experimental obesity by Crisco"], Nippon http://ec.europa.eu/health/ than anyone else over a short period of Yakurigaku Zasshi 83(4):309-15, April ph_determinants/life_style/nutrition/ time. During the contest, each participant 1984. NEXUS # 31 The addiction to food can AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2006 www.nexusmagazine.com