Food For The Soul

Weight control has become a 21st Century biggest health problem. Before this century, excess weight was the mark of a healthy body, an affluent family, good mothering, and shapely beauty. I suppose the shapely beauty part still applies to a number of societies around the globe. Being underweight or what would now be considered normal weight was held in low esteem. The terms "overweight", "overfat" and "obesity" haunt modern societies.

Although I have not seen the latest statistics on overweight and obesity in Botswana, I would hazard to estimate that more than 20 percent of the population is overweight. Now that is lot of fat people! And the sad thing is that children are part of this pool. No wonder most individuals are on a yo-yo warpath of dieting and desperation.