What Is The Need To Lose Weight

Obesity and excess weight are critical health conditions and increase an individual's health risks to well beyond average. Obesity is a chronic condition in which the body stores excess fat. A certain amount of fat is needed by the body and is usually stored under the skin and around organs and joints. The body uses this fat as a shield or insulator. But an excess of it causes health risks such as the increased chance of stroke, heart attack, diabetes, and even some kinds of cancer.



Where does the fat come from?

Calorie is a unit of energy that measure the energy contained in food. It also measures the energy required by the body to perform its routine functions. When the body burns as many calories as it eats, the weight stays the same. But when an individual consumes more calories than he or she burns, the excess calories get stored in the body in the form of fat. Continued piling up of and building of the store of fat leads to being overweight and obese.

How to measure obesity?

The general and most widely used measure of desirable body weight is the Body Mass Index (BMI). The BMI is a ratio of the body weight to the height of the individual. It's expressed as weight in kg divided by the height squared m2, (kg/m2). Persons with a BMI between 25 and 29.9 are considered to be overweight while those with a BMI greater than 30 are considered to be obese.

The need to lose weight arises when;

Every healthy individual should strive for an active life which incorporates both exercise as well as a balanced diet. But for some people the need for weight loss is greater than others. If any of the following apply to you, you should seriously think about going on a weight loss plan.

1. Ever had a Doctor's Recommendation: incase your excessively overweight, or your weight is posing a threat of any sort to your health and well being, your physician will be among the first to recommend to you to lose weight, take up a sport, or some other kind of exercise. If you've received suggestions of this sort, you should seriously consider acting upon them.

2. Weight Calculator: if you measure as overweight or obese on the BMI, then you should give serious thought to losing the excess weight. Even if your're not overweight on the BMI, go for a measure meant of percentage of fat mass. If your fat mass is greater than it should be for your body type, you should be thinking about weight loss before the problem gets out of hand.

3. Losing Breath: even if you haven't taken any measurements about your weight or the fat percentage of your body mass, the very loss of breath when performing routine activities such as climbing stairs or carrying groceries should warn you of trouble ahead.

4. High Blood Pressure, Heart Condition and Diabetes: if you suffer from any one of these or a combination of these conditions, you should seriously consider enrolling in a weight loss program. Having history of obesity or these diseases in your family should make you attentive to your weight as early as possible.

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