Overweightissues will surface if your weight puts you in the obesity range.
One study concluded that obesity in middle age can reduce life expectancy by seven years.
Weight related diseases continue to grow.
An increased weight raises blood lipids (triglycerides and cholesterol) and blood pressure.
Weight gain reduces the body's ability to process glucose (blood sugar) and contributing factor to a pre-diabetic condition called insulin resistance.
Some medical conditions are associated with being overweight include certain cancers, osteoarthritis of the knees and other weight-bearing joints, gastrointestinal tract disturbances, interrupted sleep and sleep apnea, and reduced fertility.
Today, obesity has been attributed to more than 30 medical conditions.
Studies on weight gain in women and cancer found that women who gained 21 to 30 pounds since the age of 18, and were not on hormone replacement therapy were 40% more likely to develop breast cancer than women who had gained no more than 5 pounds.
Furthermore the risk increased as women gain more weight.
Another study found an 8% increase in the risk of post menopausal breast cancer for every 11 pounds gained.
Body Fat Measurements To work out your body fat measurements use a cloth measuring tape, like the one used by tailors, measure around the widest area between your belly button and the top of your hips...
Men...
if this measurement is more than 40 inches, you have abdominal obesity.
Women...
if this measurement is more than 35 inches, you have abdominal obesity.
Being overweight also affects your risk of heart disease.
If your weight is in the overweight category, your risk of heart disease doubles.
And if your weight is in the obese range, your risk of heart disease quadruples...
so losing weight will lower your risk of heart disease.
Weight Gain Diseases Weight gain affects cholesterol levels in the body, and other aspects associated with cholesterol.
Your cholesterol level is made up of three different types of cholesterol:
for good heart health, the goal is to lower LDL cholesterol and increase HDL cholesterol, since LDL is a factor to heart disease and HDL helps protect the heart.
Weight gain diseases create problems by elevating LDL levels and lowering HDL levels.
It also increases triglycerides, which is another type of fat in the blood.
Losing weight improves the blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
One study concluded that obesity in middle age can reduce life expectancy by seven years.
Weight related diseases continue to grow.
An increased weight raises blood lipids (triglycerides and cholesterol) and blood pressure.
Weight gain reduces the body's ability to process glucose (blood sugar) and contributing factor to a pre-diabetic condition called insulin resistance.
Some medical conditions are associated with being overweight include certain cancers, osteoarthritis of the knees and other weight-bearing joints, gastrointestinal tract disturbances, interrupted sleep and sleep apnea, and reduced fertility.
Today, obesity has been attributed to more than 30 medical conditions.
Studies on weight gain in women and cancer found that women who gained 21 to 30 pounds since the age of 18, and were not on hormone replacement therapy were 40% more likely to develop breast cancer than women who had gained no more than 5 pounds.
Furthermore the risk increased as women gain more weight.
Another study found an 8% increase in the risk of post menopausal breast cancer for every 11 pounds gained.
Body Fat Measurements To work out your body fat measurements use a cloth measuring tape, like the one used by tailors, measure around the widest area between your belly button and the top of your hips...
Men...
if this measurement is more than 40 inches, you have abdominal obesity.
Women...
if this measurement is more than 35 inches, you have abdominal obesity.
Being overweight also affects your risk of heart disease.
If your weight is in the overweight category, your risk of heart disease doubles.
And if your weight is in the obese range, your risk of heart disease quadruples...
so losing weight will lower your risk of heart disease.
Weight Gain Diseases Weight gain affects cholesterol levels in the body, and other aspects associated with cholesterol.
Your cholesterol level is made up of three different types of cholesterol:
- LDL...
"bad" cholesterol - VLDL...
a mixture of cholesterol and triglycerides - HDL...
"good" cholesterol
for good heart health, the goal is to lower LDL cholesterol and increase HDL cholesterol, since LDL is a factor to heart disease and HDL helps protect the heart.
Weight gain diseases create problems by elevating LDL levels and lowering HDL levels.
It also increases triglycerides, which is another type of fat in the blood.
Losing weight improves the blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.