Body Mass Index
An Early Awareness of Obesity That Can Cause Major Health Problems
original article by Mei Susanti, Change based on necessary needs.
Too Big Waist Circle
Most people agree that being overweight would increase the risk of many diseases and health conditions. These include heart condition, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, stroke, osteoarthritis, gallbladder disease, respiratory problems, colon cancer, breast cancer, liver damage, etc.
Are you overweight?
Allow me to show you an easy way to compute your weight; it’s called BMI (Body Mass Index). It’s a measurement tool that compares your height to your weight and applies you an indication of whether you are overweight, underweight or at a healthy weight for your height.
Here is the formula: Weight in Kilograms / (Height in Meters) x (Height in Meters).In words, you divide your weight (in kg) by your height (in m) squared.
For example, if your weight is 85kg and your height is 1.8m ; your BMI = 26.23.
The following table is a approximate classification:
- BMI < 18.5 means you are under weight.
- BMI between 18.6 and 24.99 indicates you are at a healthy weight.
- BMI between 25 and 29.99 indicates you are overweight for your height.
- BMI between 30 and 34.99 indicates obesity (class 1)
- BMI between 35 and 39.99 indicates obesity (class 2)
- BMI 40 and above suggests Extreme Obesity!
The BMI is a good yard measure for you to estimate if you’re at high risk of potential health problems. If you’re on the lower end of the BMI scale, you’re at low health risk. But for those who are nearer to the higher BMI scale are at higher health risks.
For example, cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance syndrome are often related with people who have excessive fat deposits around the belly and stomach (or abdominal obesity). Women whose waist circumference of 35 inches or more are considered to be having abdominal obesity. For men, it’s 40 inches or above.
Excessive body fat is a known factor that contributes to narrowing down of the arteries and clots that can cause a stroke and heart attacks. Excessive body fat also also causes an increase in blood pressure (hypertension).
Some other common health problem that is always related to obesity is Type 2 diabetes. Naturally, genetic factors will impart to type 2 diabetes but according to most studies, the risk becomes double for those who are obese or experiencing rapid weight gain of say 10-20 lbs.
Although there are many genetic and other environmental elements that forced out higher health risks, excessive body fat is always a big factor contributing to serious health issues. Being overweight is not a matter of appearance, it’s a health risk.
Check out also my other post on Green Tea Diet ,Weight Loss motivation, organic vegetables 
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