Childhood obesity: 5 interesting facts and 5 amazingly simple solutions

It’s been slowly but steadily increasing and its now growing at an alarming rate! The number of children with pot bellies, tire tube sized waistlines and flabby arms is now frightening. From the shopping malls and cinemas to their schools and our neighborhoods too, we notice these children everywhere we go, whose children anyway? Wait a minute…they are our children! What are we doing about this?

I will share with you 5 interesting facts that should make you concerned about this issue and then we’ll look at 5 simple things can be done to curb this and make our children healthy!

5 facts you should know about childhood obesity

1.       The numbers are increasing!

In Africa and Nigeria, statistics are difficult to find, but it is estimated that 1 in 5 Nigerian children is overweight! I personally think it’s true. just take your time and look around you and come up with your own estimate and let’s share!

 

10 top tips to improving relationships with our elderly parents

As Africans we adore and respect our families as a tradition and with the trend of modernization we are stuck with generations trying to figure it all out. The older generation is still grappling with now empty homes, physical and economic demands and our generation enjoying the present while yearning for a better life, caught up with longer working hours, lesser incomes and a whole lot. Then there’s Dad and Mum needing attention every now and then!

Let’s be real! Caring for our elderly parents can rob you of time, money and a whole lot more of sacrifices. Sometimes these sacrifices can create tides of bitterness, pain, regret and ill will in an unending cycle creating conflicts that fester. But it should not be so! Seeing a smile on your parents face is refreshing if you know what I mean.<|--more-->