Weight loss and obesity: why society is supersizing our silhouettes...

Food for thought...

 The dictating demands of society has driven us to develop the psychological perception that we 'should' eat at specific times - the most common being breakfast, lunch and dinner with snacks frequently frowned upon in fear of fuelling a 'fuller' figure. 
This has not only led to many of us eating out of habit i.e.we established the three meals (and often two snacks!) a day routine during childhood as a result of society pressuring our parents to frequently feed us regardless of whether we asked for food, and consuming unnecessary calories as a result of eating outside of physiological hunger i.e.we feel forced to munch a morning meal simply because we've been brainwashed to believe that it's 'the most important meal of the day', but it's also left us shunning snacks in fear of supersizing our silhouette - an action that's largely linked to an increased calorie intake and an accumulation of additional weight as we end up eating more (or making poor and calorific food choices when we do succumb to snacks!) when we tuck into a main meal.

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