Monday, January 01, 2001
Special Health Report
Greater Cincinnatians are among the fattest in the nation, a fact fueling thousands of resolutions on New Year's Day today to diet — once again.
This report examines the problems and offers suggestions for better eating, weight loss and healthier living.
The Enquirer and Jewish Hospital Weight Management Center introduce The
Cincinnati Diet - a balanced, low-fat, four-week meal plan.
Throughout January, The Enquirer will include additional articles on Mondays and Wednesdays to help you learn how to become healthy and fit.
Today's report:
Tristate tips scales with alarming obesity rates
Cincinnati had the eighth-highest level of overweight residents per capita in the country, according to a 1997 study. The bottom line: We eat too much fattening food and don't exercise enough.
• Infographic: Fat and what it does to your body
• Fat City Statistics
• Inside the body mass index
Diet, exercise, attitude shape foundation for healthy body
Cincinnati's love affair with fatty food is a fatal attraction. The leading causes of death in the region are heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some forms of cancer. Obesity directly contributes to all of them.
Scientists search for obesity's causes and cures
Cincinnati researchers are studying aspects of obesity that have far-reaching health impact. Researchers are looking for causes and cures. Among the studies:
The Cincinnati Diet
We hesitate to call it a diet, because this plan is more a way to eat for good health, enjoy your favorite foods and live it rather than diet.
• Week 1 diet plan
Weight-loss programs need three components
Roughly half the nation has started a weight-loss program this week. Sometime around Flag Day, about half of those dieters will have reverted to their old habits.
Meet the dieters
A teacher. A bus driver. A nurse. They are three ordinary people who, like many of us, need to drop a few pounds.
