LOSE WEIGHT, LIVE BETTER
Overweight and obese people know how frustrating it is to keep fighting the battle of the bulge. No matter how much they diet or exercise, their weight loss is excruciatingly slow or simple does not happen. This may lead to feelings of depression and in them wanting to give up. Medically, someone overweight is defined as one whose BMI is 25 to 29.9 while a person who is obese is defined as someone with a BMI of 30 and above.
How Obesity Can Affect Your Health?
Obesity can lead to:
- High blood pressure
- Heart disease and stroke
- Type 2 diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Joint problems caused by extra weight
- Trouble breathing, including sleep apnea, in which you briefly stop breathing while you’re asleep
- Gallstones
Health effects of obesity
People ages 60 and older are more likely to be obese than younger adults, according to the most recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. And the problem also affects children. Approximately 20%, of U.S. children and adolescents ages 2 to 19 are obese.
- High blood pressure
- Type 2 diabetes
- Heart disease
- Joint problems, including osteoarthritis
- Sleep apnea and respiratory problems are also related to obesity
- Cancer
- Metabolic syndrome
- Psychosocial effects