Medical studies have shown that ‘weight management’ through the reduction of excess body fat plays a fundamental role in fighting disease and maintaining superior health. The research also linked the stress of excess body fat to major physical conditions such as, cancer, stroke, hypertension, and heart disease.
Without a doubt, excess body fat is a ‘health hazard’ and should be avoided. One of the best ways to find out if you are normal, overweight, or obese, is by determining your BMI, or Body Mass Index. To calculate your Body Mass Index, take your weight (in kilograms), and divide it by your height (in meters) squared. A score of:
25.0 – 30.0 means you are overweight,
30.0 – 40.0 points to obesity,
40 and above classifies you as morbidly obese.
Since BMI describes the body weight relative to height, it is strongly associates with the total body fat content in adults – children’s calculations are more complicated, because they also have to take gender and age into account.
Body shape and body fat distribution is important in determining a number of health risks. How your body is shaped, and where the fat bulges are hiding, is indeed relevant to your health. For example, the fat cells around the abdomen will release their fat more eagerly into the bloodstream than other fat cells. This means that ‘pot-belly’ victims are more likely at risk to get narrowing arteries, diabetes and cancer. Fat mainly deposited in the lower half of the body, such as the buttocks, thighs and hips does not appear to have the same risk factor. Also, weight deposits in the waist region are generally more characteristic for men than women.
So, Regular exercise for at least 30 min per day and a healthy diet will keep you away from diseases. “Watch you BMI at least every 3 months to avoid apologetic later over obesity”.
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