Are you worried about the amount
of calories in your diet?
to market more food at cheaper prices. Portions are
becoming out of control and processed foods are the
only available options. Each day, we introduce new
things into our diets and with more taste, comes more
calories. Have you fallen prey to the art of
over-eating? Have you gained more weight than you
desired?
The energy in food is measured in calories.
Excessive calories are NOT good for you. These
calories need to be burnt up by doing some form
of regular exercise which is not possible today
due to lack of time and energy in our current sedentary lifestyle.
How overweight and Obesity are classified?
Body mass index (BMI) is commonly used to classify overweight and
obesity in adults. It is defined as the weight in kilograms divided by the
square of the height in meters (kg/m2).
BMI = weight in kilograms / square of the height in meters.
BMI provides the most useful population-level measure of overweight
and obesity as it is the same for both sexes and for all ages of adults.
However, it should be considered as a rough guide because it may not
correspond to the same degree of fatness in different individuals.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines "overweight" as a BMI
equal to or more than 25, and "obesity" as a BMI equal to or more
than 30. These cut-off points provide a benchmark for individual
assessment but there is evidence that risk of chronic disease in
populations increases progressively from a BMI of 21.
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