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Are you overweight or clinically obese? September 27, 2008

Filed under: Fitness, Health — healthcuring @ 11:30 am
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When you are thin, everyone tells you to gain weight. You take routine diet and gain weight in few months. Now you look good and everyone is telling you the same. However, You could not control your diet and put on weight. Now, everyone tells you to lose weight – you control your diet and with regular exercise, you become slim and fit. This is a normal condition and everyone is aware of it. However, there is a condition when you become overweight and feel normal no matter what comments and advices you get from your friends and relatives. You don’t want to change your physique any more. This tendency towards life leads to depression and a person often suffer from obesity — a problematic overweight condition.

Now the question is what is clinically obese condition? In such a condition, an overweight person brings a number of health related complications that finally become life threatening. However, there is a device which is used to determine whether your overweight condition is problematic or normal. Obesity can be measured on the basis of body mass index. Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgian statistician and anthropometrist, developed this body mass index. It is calculated by:

Weight in Kilograms/ height in meters (square)

For example, if your height is 1.6m and your weight is 65 kgms, your BMI would be 25.4. So, if your BMI lies between 18.5 to 24.9 – you are said to be normal. However, if your BMI lies between 25.0 – 29.9, you are considered as overweight. And once your BMI crosses 30, you are considered as obese. And if your BMI comes to 40 or above that you become morbidly obese.

In the present time, child obesity is becoming more intense. The main reason behind obesity among children and youngsters is due to consumption of junk food. Some of the major risk factors associated with overweight and obesity include:

· Cardiovascular heart disease
· High cholesterol
· High BP
· Type 2 diabetes
· Cancer
· Osteoarthritis

What are the preventive measures need to be taken in order to prevent the disease and the other related heath complications? Well, weight control should be the first aim. Control your diet and exercise regularly. Eat low calorie food. A new research has revealed that mushrooms can help prevent obesity. And it is always better to first consult your doctor and ask for the steps that need to be taken in order to prevent obesity problem. Shape up your body, look smart and feel confident, always.

 

Health is Wealth: A success mantra for a healthy mind and body September 26, 2008

Filed under: Health — healthcuring @ 9:14 am
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Human body is like a machine – the more you work, the more you feel active and energetic. When you are young, your body works amazingly and you often avoid minor injuries that come across in your life. It is your young blood confidence that nothing will happen with this minor injury. And for you – a doctor seems like a big no alternative for you. But it is imperative to understand that any harm to the human body can become more harmful in future. Therefore, you should always take care of your body – pray your body because, god is also there.

Any injury whether it is minor or major is dangerous for your body. Before it is too late, you should consult the doctor and rectify the complications, if any. Below are some of the important points that you should consider in your daily lifestyle.

Analyze yourself: Everyone has got some aim in life. Therefore, you should analyze your aim and what steps are you taking to achieve that goal. Analyze your behavior, lifestyle pattern, emotional strength and your financial position. Once these areas are analyzed minutely, you get a clear picture of what you need to do in order to achieve the same.

Steps you need to take: After the analysis, you can easily learn what are the areas that need to be changed. Is it your lifestyle, the attitude towards life or something else that need to be changed? Get prepared mentally for the changes that you want to make in your life. Once you get ready for the changes, you will feel relaxed.

Adapt to different approach: There is no set defined for success. There are different facets of success in life. Once you achieve success in your life, your approach becomes a new path for people are poised to achieve success in life. So, adapt to different approach and continue working on that particular area. Success will definitely be yours. Keep working and trust your capability.

However, in order to achieve goals in life, your healthy body and mind is must. Take timely and nutritious diet and pray your body like god. If you are healthy, you are active and you can do the hard work the needs to be done.