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[dokrak]

In the past , you would think that fat children have good health , but it is not as what you think . Now overweight is a very important problem . From the research , there are 130 million people in the Asia � Pacific region that suffer from overweight or obesity . In my view , we should realize the danger of overweight according to the following 3 reasons .
First , the overweight is bad for your body and health . You may become ill such as being obesity , heart attack or diabetes . These illnesses are dangerous for you . Overweight also makes your shape looks bad , your body is big and has more weight , so you are not agile to do activity .
Second , sometimes you are serious about being overweight , so you want to find a method to lose your weight . If you use the wrong method , it leads to death . For example , you take medicines by yourself without an advice from a specialist then you may die . Besides , you can be ill from being overweight and you may die from the illness that may relapse . For example , overweight leads to heart attack . It is severe and makes you die .
Finally , it makes you psychologically sick , because you may take dangerous medicines to lose your weight and it harms your brain . Sometimes you may hear someone talk about your appearance , so you are more serious about your appearance and you become psychologically sick .
In conclusion , before you eat sometime , you should think about your weight . Overweight brings about many problems , so we should check our weight for ourselves . Have you ever checked your weight ? What do you think about overweight ?

[abcgood]

hi,dokrak
I agree.
overweight is a serious problem in the world.
I read Time magazine.
It reports more and more Asian are fat.
I didn't know that before I read it.
It said that middle class Indian want to be thin.
About 45 % of women in urban areas are overweight.
They practice yoga
I was very surprised.
Many poor people are fat.
They eat too much fast food and processed food.
They don't have space to work out.
It's too hard to lose weight for them


I am very thin.
I weigh myself from time to time.

[dokrak]

Thanks abcgood , I don't think who post in my topic.I am happy for your opinion.I am thin same you.Today I think that people choose to eat fast food.This is the reason of overweight.I am Thai. (Do you know Thailand ?).In Thailaland has more fast food and it is very popular for teen but I like to eat its (KFC,Mc,Pizza). I don't good for writing English that I hope you understand that I write.

Thanks

[szmeill]

i agree with you. but i am not too lucky, i am a little fat. i eat little fast food and kfc pissa. but i like sock before. now i want to lose my weight. i know there many ways such as sports and to eat little .but the most important point is you must have willpower. i am short of it.
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[kubokenta]

Yeah, I think so,too. Over weight is serious probrem all over the world.
Because I think every people eat but they don't play.

[RedRose]

I used to be fatty. and as you yous said, overweight is dangerous for the health.

However, I managed to lose weight, not because I worried about my health, but my shape, attraction.

For me, bad health isn't as terrible as bad appearance. In order to lose weight, I had to work out many methods....

[SonyeuNAnh]

I never knew that asian was overweight, I thought it was one of the countries that isnt overweight at all. I dont see many in vietnam, thats all I konw. I thought the worst place was America. I have a few friends that are like, overweight. Some I notice that has lost weight because they hang with me a lot and we go out to play games, but some hasnt because they stay inside to play games.
I would also like to ask, does fast metabolism helps you not be overweight? Because compare to my friends, I eat more then them, like everyday I would eat pizza, kfc, tacos, burgers, and a buch of fast food and spend like more then 20$ a day, even if my friends are overweight, sometimes i eat more then them. But, I dont get fat, and I stay between the weight of 120 to 130 for over 3 years. So was wondering if fast metabolism has anything to do with it.

[RedRose]

[Sina]

Red Rose, do you really think that your health isn't as important as your shape? On the surface, people just see how you look but I think if you atually develop any methods to lose weight, such as vomiting after eating great amounts of food, the consequences just become visible after maybe a few years...And do you know at all that you terribly harm your body when creating methods as the one I've mentioned above?

[RedRose]

[SonyeuNAnh]

nah, some guys worry about their apperence, like they always want a six pack or something. I tried, but gave up cause I got lazy. And girls..... yea... they do complain a lot that their fat when they are not. My sister friend was... some word... that one that is really skinny but thinks is fat and doesnt eat anything at all cept maybe salad and water.

[Luda]

I don't like fat people. I am in good shape becouse I do exersise every day.I don't eat after six in the evening.

[sally-yy]

I agreed that more people are afriad to becoming over weight in Asia.
The reason of it is variety.
life now is becoming eazier these days . because of the fast developing technolegy.Peple are lazier with their daily life.They eat more dessert ,and always drive to work.they do less manual labor but more rely on computer.If you wanne to go to a place . you needn't walk,but only to sat in the car,drive.
So we need more time to do the practice and sport now .
and to keep a balanced diet.