Janet Admits She Turned To Food For Comfort!

Janet Jackson isn't ashamed to admit she turned to the comfort of food after the death of her brother last summer.

It happens to the best of us!

"It's stress. When I'm feeling down, I do turn to food," Janet explained.

"Normally people don't eat; they don't have an appetite… It's just the opposite; you eat everything," she unabashedly admitted.

You're still lookin' as hot as ever, bb!

Don't worry about it!

[Image via WENN.]

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Yo-yo dieter Janet Jackson reveals her ultra-thin waist

By Donna Mcconnell
Last updated at 10:55 PM on 01st April 2008

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Yo-yo dieter Janet Jackson has clearly gained some new found discipline,as the singer revealed her tiny, waspish waist at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles on the weekend.

The 41-year-old singer, has fought the battle of the bulge again to reveal a stunning figure, and looks years younger.

Janet stunned onlookers at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards when she arrived wearing a fifties-style cinched waist dress exhibiting her tiny waspish waist.

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Thin is back in: Janet Jackson revealed her ever-decreasing figure, and a waspish waist at the Nickelodeon Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles on the weekend

Just last year the singer had piled on the pounds, and looked very bulky when seen jogging on the beach.

But she dropped 60 pounds in just four months and is now planning to cash in on her new look - by publishing her own "emotional eater" diet book later this year.

Janet, whose new album is called Discipline has clearly exerted some serious will power to get back into shape.

And now she appears to have lost even more weight, or maybe she's just opted for a little help from a cannily concealed corset.

Janet, who is dating music producer Jermaine Dupri, 34, has a history of yo-yoing weight, and has previously spoken about her battle to keep it under control.

In an interview with US television show Extra she said: "I could not believe how big I was, how heavy I really was.

"I would see myself in the mirror, but I wouldn't look too often. I didn't want to get used to that image."

There was speculation that Janet's weight-loss was a result of plastic surgery, but she denied the rumours and said: "It does drive me crazy...because I've worked real hard."

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causes of morbid obesity in Adults

Morbid obesity is defined as body mass index (BMI) greater than 40. Since obesity is a disease of excessive body fat - which itself is caused by taking in more calories than are burned - the causes of morbid obesity must include those factors which raise calorie-intake and depress calorie expenditure. Thus eating habits, calorie content of popular foods, and metabolic disorders relating to digestion or food metabolism, are all likely to be contributory risk factors, as well as physical conditions which prevent regular exercise. Other important causes of obesity include genetic factors, disease, use of medications, as well as cultural, socioeconomic and psychosocial factors.

Obesity in Men and Women

Obese women are more likely than non-obese women to die from cancer of the gallbladder, breast, uterus, cervix and ovaries. In addition, obesity can lead to an increased risk of many obstetric and gynecological complications for women. These include infertility, menstrual abnormality, miscarriage and birth problems for both mother and child. Before menopause, women suffer less from abdominal obesity because estrogen levels cause fat to be stored around the hips and thighs. But after menopause, women tend to store more fat around their middle, with a consequent rise in associated health risks

Being typically apple-shaped, men have a higher risk for abdominal obesity which is an independent risk factor for heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Morbidly obese white males aged 20-30 years old with a body mass index exceeding 45, can shorten their life expectancy by 13 years. Morbidly obese African American men of similar age and body mass index can lose up to 20 years of life. Abdominal obesity, characterized by a fat belly, is more common in men as males typically store fat around their middle. Men suffering from stress are especially at risk because stress causes the body to produce cortisol, a hormone which is believed to stimulate the storage of fat around the abdomen. Abdominal obesity is one of a cluster of interlinked symptoms (including, raised cholesterol levels, hypertension, insulin insensitivity, raised levels of inflammatory and clotting components in the blood) that make up 'metabolic syndrome'. This metabolic disorder has been identified as a serious risk factor for heart disease. Estimates suggest that up to 1 in 3 of overweight men have metabolic syndrome.

Heart Disease

Coronary heart disease is caused when the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart, become narrower because of the build-up of fatty deposits inside them. This 'furring up' of the arteries is called atherosclerosis.

In time the artery may become so narrow that not enough blood gets through to the heart. This means the heart muscle doesn't get all the oxygen it needs, which is called angina. The pain of angina happens when the heart muscle gets short of oxygen.

If the narrowed artery becomes blocked by a blood clot, this causes a heart attack.

Cardiovascular disease includes all the diseases of the heart and blood vessels, including CHD, heart failure and stroke. Cardiovascular disease causes nearly 238,000 deaths every year in the UK.

Diabetes

There are two types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is more likely to be diagnosed in younger people, but it can develop at any age. In the UK there are about 18,000 people under the age of 18 with Type 1 diabetes. It develops when cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are destroyed. Insulin is a hormone that regulates the levels of glucose in the blood. This type of diabetes is treated with insulin injections.

Type 2 diabetes is usually diagnosed in older people - the older you are the greater the risk. However, it is increasingly being found in younger people and sometimes in children. This type of diabetes can be treated with diet and exercise alone, although people with Type 2 diabetes often need medication and they sometimes need insulin too.

There is no guaranteed way of preventing diabetes. However, eating a healthy balanced diet, taking regular physical exercise, and losing weight if you are overweight can delay the onset of the condition.

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Obesity Around The World

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Gastric band surgery

Gastric band surgery, or gastric banding, is a surgical procedure that involves fitting a band around the upper part of your stomach. Once the gastric band is in place, it effectively divides your stomach in two, creating a smaller pouch at the top.

Having a small stomach pouch will mean you need to eat less to feel full. The food then slowly passes down into the rest of the stomach and is digested in the normal manner.

A gastric band is designed to remain permanently in place. The newer kinds of gastric bands can also be adjusted without the need for more surgery. Adjusting the band changes the size of the stomach pouch, which will affect how much you can eat.

Gastric bypass

A gastric bypass is a similar procedure to a gastric band, as small stomach pouch is created from the upper part of your stomach. However the pouch is not connected to the rest of the stomach. Instead, it is surgically re-routed to the small intestine (the part of your digestive system where nutrients are absorbed into you body), bypassing the rest of your stomach.

The gastric bypass helps you eat less because the small pouch means you feel full sooner. You also lose weight because bypassing the rest of the stomach means that you are absorbing less calories from the food you do eat.

Sleeve gastrectomy

This type of surgery may be considered if you are at high risk from other types of operations, for example because you are very obese. This procedure divides your stomach vertically in a line, reducing the size of your stomach by about 75%. The way you digest food is unaffected. The procedure cannot be reversed

As your stomach is smaller, you need to eat less to feel full, and you lose weight. After 6-12 months, your stomach may start to expand, which could mean that you start eating more. At this point, a second type of surgery may be considered, if it is now safe to do so.

Intra-gastric balloon

An intra-gastric balloon is a soft silicone balloon that is surgically implanted in your stomach. The balloon is filled with air or saline solution (salt water), and so takes up some of the space in your stomach. This means you do not need to eat as much before you feel full.

This procedure is only temporary, and the balloon is usually removed after six months. This procedure is useful if you do not meet the criteria for the other types of surgery, for example because you are too obese.

An intra-gastric balloon procedure can usually be done without making an incision in your abdomen. Instead, the balloon can be passed through your mouth and down into your stomach using an endoscope (a thin, flexible tube that has a light and a camera on one end). For more information, see therapeutic gastroscopy.

Lifestyle choices that affect weight

eating processed or fast food that is high in fat,

not eating fruit, vegetables and unrefined carbohydrates, such as wholemeal bread and brown rice,

drinking too much alcohol - alcohol contains a lot of calories, and heavy drinkers are often overweight, and

eating out a lot - as you may have a starter or dessert in a restaurant, and the food can be higher in fat and sugar,

eating larger portions than you need - you may be encouraged to eat too much if your friends or relatives are also eating large portions, and

comfort eating - if you feel depressed or have low self-esteem you may comfort eat to make yourself feel better.

Why is Obesity on Increase

Obesity seems to be on the increase because there is more avaliability of fast food which is uusally cheaper than the more healthier options particular on the high street with shops such as Asda, Tescos and Iceland which usually have cheaper products their comeptitors Marks and Spencer and Waitrose who are seen as more upmarket and expensive place to shop. And most likely to someone who dosen't have alot of money to spend on food shopping their likely to go somewhere like iceland whose food stuff is mainly cheap processesd frozen food thats not nesscarily going to have any good nutrional value to them. Other food places such as burger and chicken joints tend to be found in the more deprived areas which could actually be a big factor that is the main cause behind obesity in those particular areas .

Treatment for Obesity

What a person eats and how much this particular aspect may involve keeping a food diary and developing a better understanding of their nutrtritional value and content of fat in certain foods. It may also involve changing food shopping for instance only buying what is need for that day and on certain days and also the timing of when to have meals is very important in order to prevent feelings of hunger such as planning of having smaller meals.

Another factor that we have to take into account is how a person responds to food. This may come under psychological issues underlie a persons eating habits a good example of this would be a person may binge/comfort eat particuarly when they are under pressure whilst another person could use it as reward.In actually recognizing these psychological triggers an individual can alternate coping mechaniszms that do not focus on food.

How a particular individual spends their time mainly in their day to day lives and how they can impliment exercise into their everyday routine so that they can acheieve and maintain weight loss the key is start of with something slowly and then work up to something more harder but also trying to incoroprarte a variety of activties which the can particpate as not to discourage then from exercising.

What are Common Health Consequences of being Overweight.

The major symptoms of obesity are excessive weight gain and the presence of large amounts of fatty tissue it can also give rise to several secondary condtions including.

Arthritis and other orthepodic problems such as lower back pain
heartburn
high cholesterol
high blood pressure
shortness of breath
menstrual irregualrties
skin disorders arising from the bacterial breakdown of sweat and cellular material in thick folds of skin or from increased friction between folds

What causes Obesity and Overweight

A fundamental cause of obesity and overweight is an energy imbalance between calories consumed on one hand and calories expanded. There are also a number of factors which have contributed towards an increase in obesity .

A global shift in diet towards increase intake of energy dense foods that are high in fat and sugars but low in vitamins, minerals and other micronutrients and also a growing trend towards a decrease in physical activity which mainly applys to sedentary forms of work, changing modes of transportation and increasing urbanisation.

What is being overweight and obesity ?

Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumlation that may impair health that may impair health. The tool which is used to actually measure is Body Mass Index is a simple index of weight for height that is commonly used in classifying overweight and obesity in adult populations and individuals. It is defined as weight in kilograms divded by the square of the height in metres.

BMI provides the most useful population- level measure of obesity as it should be the same for both sexes and for all ages of adults, although it should be considered as rough guide because it may not correspond to the same degree in fatness in different individuals.