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Educating And inspiring as many people as I can, I lead by example and live and breath healthy living and sport everyday of my life.

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I am an Athlete and a student, I have had a passion and dream about educating as many people as can on food and education, as I believe that the way to solve and stop the obesity epidemic is not, by simply telling people what to do but educating them on why and how to do it themselves. I currently am trying to get a name for my self and or make contacts with anyone with the same interests, I have a dream to fly around the world and educate people of all ages and race, focusing mainly on teaching parents and children. Knowledge is the key.

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• A reply on Conversation: The death of Obesity will come through education.

  Jan 6 2012: You need to follow a ''bulking'' diet tailored to someone with a fast metabolism that is tailored around your daily requirements.

• A reply on Conversation: The death of Obesity will come through education.

  Jan 6 2012: I understand where your coming from, but making any type of change is going to require the appropriate guidance/education, I'm proposing healthy living education in general, I'm not categorizing different classes/ stages of education different people will need I'm simply putting forward the idea that, education as a whole will be the only way to truly defeat obesity.
  
  Yes, I know many people with a fast metabolism, good while your young but you will find that most people like that develop bad eating habits and end up fatter in there mid - late years, so I'm glad to hear you try to eat well.
  However I'm addressing obesity, not other areas of nutrition.
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  A comment on Conversation: The death of Obesity will come through education.

  Jan 3 2012: I know exactly what you are saying and I think it is one of the reasons it is being over looked. It's so bad. Thanks mate I'm glad you feel the same way. Dean.

• A comment on Conversation: The death of Obesity will come through education.

  Jan 2 2012: See that is where you are wrong, In 90% of all people I talk to have an idea of health and fitness that just is not correct, they are either relying on very old information or things they learn through the media or magazines, it seemed so bizarre to me at first that most people didn't even know the very basics of diet that I failed to adress it.
  Things such as carbohydrates, serving sizes, how many meals per day, and how to read kilojules.
  If you truly belive people know what a healthy diet is you are saying that the now majority of adults would choose to eat badly and kill there selves and kids via obesity just because they can't resist. No I don't believe it, people beleiv advertising to much thinking things such as te healthy menu of macdonalds is healthy, or subway is fine ect.