According to a study from Japan, children whose mother did smoking even in the early stage of pregnancy have three times more chances of getting overweight later in life. The same Japanese study also finds that children, whose mother had the tendency of skipping breakfast during pregnancy, have 2.4 times more chances of having obesity later in life (Via – Yahoo News).

This study included 1400 Japanese women who gave birth between April 1991 and March 1997. The researchers gathered the data of 1000 of their children by the age of 9 or 10. The study results were presented at a meeting of public health experts in Japan last week and will be carried in a North American magazine to be published in December.

Obesity is growing like an epidemic in the developed countries like UK and US. But Asian countries are not far behind. Obesity is getting bigger in Asian countries like China, Thailand, Malaysia and India.

According to a Government report from India, Punjab and Delhi have the highest number of obese women there. According to the stats, 34 percent of women in Delhi and 37.5 percent of women in Punjab are obese. With these two states, Kerala also has more than 30 percent of women obese (Via Hindustan Times).

Obesity rate is very low in poor states like Bihar (5.3 per cent), Jharkhand (5.6 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (8.6 per cent) and Chhattisgarh (6.7). In Punjab and Delhi, 11 percent of women are malnourished and in the states like Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa, more than 40 percent of women are malnourished.

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Warwickshire County Council’s Childhood obesity panel which was established to solve the obesity problem there has been asked to tackle the obesity problem in children. This panel has warned that approx 13 percent of children of the age of 10 and 11 are overweight (From BBC News UK).

Panel asked the parents to measure the weights of their children. The panel urged that various agencies need to work together to educate parents about the obesity problem in their children and how to save children from getting obese.

According to a Regional Lifestyle Survey back in 2005, all children in northern Warwickshire of ages 4 and 5 are overweight with 7.8 percent being obese. The stats rise to 13% of all children in year 6 (10-11 years) being overweight with 17.8% classed as obese.

Panel chairman Councillor Tony Dixon said: "We realise that in tackling the obesity of a child, we have to try and educate and support the entire family to change its dietary or lifestyle habits."

Sarah Flower had successfully lost more than 100 pounds with weight watcher in two years time.

Sarah had spent most of time thinking very negative about her. She began to gain weight in her 20's. Then she got married and had two girls. By the age of 32, she gained more than 100 pounds to her weight also her eating pattern was out of control.

In 2005 on her birthday, one of her friend gave her some dresses but she was not able to squeeze into them. On that day only, Sarah decided to join weight watcher.

Sarah Flower journey with weight watchers have changed her life completely. She was able to lose 100 pounds in two years time with weight watchers and was one of the weight watchers inspiring stories of 2007 (From The News-Press).

Huey Robichaux had suffered from heart attack problem and had to undergo two surgeries to clear his blocked arteries. It was that time of life he just decided to lose some extra pounds. He was 135 pounds heavier according to his BMI. He was able to lose 135 ponds at that time of his life (From The Daily Iberian).

When you look at Huey today, it is really hard to believe he was 135 heavier 14 years ago. Today he has the signs of a teenager and is stronger ever at the age of 72. Huey was a school bus driver and also owned two meat markets in New Iberia. He ate lot of meat at that time.

"I used to see that stuff (meat) clog up my sink. I had to call Roto Rooter to unclog my sink. And, I had to call the doctor to unclog my arteries," Robichaux said. He brings a great change in his diet by eating no meat at all and including more fruits and vegetables to his diet.

Huey has been spending five hours a day to exercise at a health club in New Iberia. Huey said this is much more harder than losing that much amount of pounds as you have to do it and maintain it everyday.