Confronting the holiday excesses

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• Bob 8 years ago

  It's mostly the poor uneducated masses in the rural areas and city slums who gorge themselves into excess on feast days. Because their daily life is one of hassle and want, they let go on feast days. They are the ones who are ...
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  It's mostly the poor uneducated masses in the rural areas and city slums who gorge themselves into excess on feast days. Because their daily life is one of hassle and want, they let go on feast days. They are the ones who are least likely to read this and benefit by it.
  
  The middle class Ghanaians are more circumspect about their eating habits and are not likely to indulge in excesses just because it's a festival. They may also be more aware of the dangers of excess fat. But they can also fall victim to the human frailty of not being able to follow up on resolutions for a better lifestyle.
  
  The typical middle class Ghanaian is more likely to suffer obesity from sitting ALL THE TIME in a car, even for the shortest distances, than from overeating on feast days.
  
  The advice here is good but when people of science write or talk about scientific things, they shld kindly leave God out. Let us not confuse these things with God.
  
  The title of the piece misled me briefly. I thought it was about the too many holidays that Ghanaians enjoy each year like the Farmers' Day of yesterday. We can have a Farmers' Day - one set aside to remember and honour farmers. But it does NOT have to be a public holiday where everybody sits at home doing nothing. Most Ghanaians are not farmers, anyway, so why should they sit at home? Those who deserve to rest on that day, the farmers themselves, don't rest on that day when they have important things to do on the farm. It's the gentleman farmers who do not wield a cutlass who go to get all the prizes.
  
  Ghanaians must not only cut off their excess body fat, the nation as a whole should cut down on the numerous public holidays we have. It will make for a leaner and healthier nation.
  
  Finally, are the resolutions for 2016 or 2012? Maybe it's just a typing error...

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• kojo essel 8 years ago

  Thank you.
  All comments appreciated.
  ....evidence however differs from what you suggested. The middle class wtc also over indulge during the Christmas season. I see clients/patients in January each year and the trend is th ...
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  Thank you.
  All comments appreciated.
  ....evidence however differs from what you suggested. The middle class wtc also over indulge during the Christmas season. I see clients/patients in January each year and the trend is the same.
  In cities such as New York etc with data, people gain up to 10lbs during Xmas and it includes the middle class.
  
  The God factor is real and the limitations of science should always make us aware. This is an article for "light " reading and is allowed. You should read on new data on spirituality and physician performance etc.
  
  Yes 2012 was a typo. Should have edited that.
  
  I rarely respond to comments on my weekly posts.

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