Today there are a lot of people who are overweight. Overweight people are at high risk of health problems. Think of many diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. In order to determine whether a person is overweight, there are several ways developed. The body mass index is one of these means to calculate whether someone is overweight or obese.
Fifteen percent of the people has to do with being overweight or at risk for overweight. In addition, childhood obesity today is a big problem. Because children are too thick already at an early age, the risk of developing health large. You also see that many of these health problems normally only occur in adults.
The effect of excessive weight are enormous. As a result, people have a high probability of the development of numerous disorders. These include among others the following issues.
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- High cholesterol or other lipid disorders
- Diabetes Type 2
- heart disease
- stroke
- certain forms of cancer
- Sleep Apnea
- osteoarthritis
- gallbladder disease
- Fatty liver disease.
Even a small weight loss (only 5 to 10 percent of your current weight) will help to lower your risk. Developing these diseases
