Being overweight can trigger hosts of health problems among individuals in today's stressful times. Here's how to deal with this lifestyle disorder effectively.
Despite the attention of the health professionals and the educational campaigns about the benefits of healthier diets and increased physical activity, the prevalence of obesity has more than doubled over the past few decades.
What is obesity?
Obesity is an abnormal or excessive accumulation of body fat (adipose tissue) that to a degree that poses a serious threat to an individual's health. If a person's body weight is at least 20% higher than what it should be, then he is considered to be obese.Obesity has become a highly complex medical condition.
Visual inspection
Apple shape -Maximum fat deposition above the waist.
Pear shape - Maximum fat deposition below the waist
Body Mass Index
BMI is a tool used to measure obesity. If an individual possesses a BMI of 30 or greater, he falls into the category of obese people.
B.M.I. = Weight height Stay in shape.
Here are few simple measures to keep fit Diet modification Lowfat diet or lowcarb diet.What works best? Different diets work well for different people. Patients, who follow a rigid diet, feel deprived and are not able to stick to it for a long time. Eventually, they find themselves helpless against the increasing weight.
A minimum daily calorie intake set by health authorities for a female is around 1200-1500 calories and for a male, it is around 1800-2000 calories.
Consuming less than this minimum daily calorie requirement will result in muscle loss, fatigue, sluggishness, nutritional deficiencies and low metabolism in a person.
Calculating calorie intake
The theory of 'One-size-fits-all,' as far as calorie intake is concerned does not work. Calorie intake must be 'customized' to each individual. Calorie calculator is a tool, which an individual should use to determine hisher daily calorie intake in order to maintain a healthy weight.
You need to enter your current weight, age, height and gender into the calculator. You also need to enter the amount of calories you burn every day by means of physical activities (little, moderate or intense workout).
The result will show you how much calories you need to maintain your weight. You can also determine how much calorie you need to cut off to maintain a healthy weight. 1 pound of fat is equal to 3500 calorie, so a daily calorie deficit of 500 will result in losing 1-pound fat in a week.
Fit as fiddle
One must choose a variety of physical exercises to stay fit. Only walking will not help one a lot, but if he introduces some sort of body or free weight training, yogic stretches, aerobic exercises, or any kind of sports activity into hisher fitness regime, he is likely to get fast and long lasting results.
Obesity is considered to be a lifestyle disorder and hence, the first step towards managing obesity is to slightly modify one's lifestyle.
Successful weight loss is a result of motivation, physical activity and calorie restriction. Maintaining a healthy weight requires a lifelong commitment.