They say that health is wealth. It's a very true statement. Most people would give all their wealth for good health. Some take health for granted - until something goes wrong and then they regret past excesses or lack of attention to diet and exercise.
When we are growing up, most of us don't give our health any thought whatsoever. When something goes wrong though, we soon sit up and take notice, but by that time it may be too late.
Diet is somebody else's concern when we are young, we don't worry ourselves about it. All we are interested in is getting more of what we like - which is usually candy, cake and cookies washed down with copious quantities of cola.
When we become teenagers we begin to notice others and make comparisons. This is the first time we become aware of how we look. It's the first time it becomes an important issue in our lives.
Eating the right food when we are children is vitally important. We don't normally have too much say in what we eat, but children do try and intimidate their parents into giving them things they want. Sometimes this can result in a very distorted diet - a bad diet.
Arriving in early adulthood overweight is not helpful. To have so many ingrained bad habits as far as eating and exercise is concerned makes doing something about it difficult - although not impossible.
With loads of bad habits, many of which will have been deeply engrained, it is difficult to make change. It can come from developing an awareness of what needs to be changed. Many of the habits will have been learned in childhood and will be a challenge to break.
To make a real and lasting difference it's not diets that are needed, but a more fundamental change in behaviour. The only really successful way to do this is to learn new habits, slim habits, that will enable lasting change to take place.
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