Many
doctors now believe that when it comes to your health, your waist measurement
is important.
While
knowing your body mass index (BMI) is a good way to decide if you're
overweight, it doesn't tell the whole story.
BMI is
a measure of how healthy your weight is for your height. You can work out
what your BMI is by using our BMI
healthy weight calculator.
If you
have a high BMI, you're likely to be carrying extra fat. But your health could
be at greater risk depending on where you store that fat.
Having
a large amount of tummy fat (compared to fat around your bottom or thighs)
makes you more likely to develop diabetes and heart problems.
A
healthy waist circumference for men is less than 94cm (37 inches), and for
women it’s less than 80cm (32 inches).
Losing
weight and keeping it off isn’t easy, but it has many benefits. You
may only need to make small changes to your lifestyle to maintain a
healthy weight.
Why lose weight?
Obesity
causes 9,000 premature deaths in England every year and reduces life expectancy
by an average of nine years.
It's
also linked to serious health problems and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and
cancers of the breast, colon and prostate.
Most
people who are overweight can blame their excess weight on eating more calories
than they burn.
That
means there are two main options if you want to lose weight: eat less or do
more physical activity. The best way to lose weight is a combination of the
two.
Weight loss tips
You can
reduce your risk of obesity-related health problems by losing weight through
eating more healthily and doing more physical activity.
There
are many articles to help you attain a healthy weight in our lose weight section.
You can
cut down on calories by making simple healthy
food swaps in your everyday diet.
It’s
not just small changes to your eating habits that can make a big difference.
Getting more physical activity also helps you shed the pounds. You can do
it in just three short bursts each day with these ten-minute workouts.
Even if
you're well on the way to your target weight, there'll be plenty of temptation
to overindulge. See our tips on how to avoid the diet danger zones.
One
excuse for choosing a quick, fat-laden supper is that healthy eating is
expensive. Learn how to eat well
on the cheap, saving the pennies as well as calories.
Two-thirds
of dieters regain all the weight they've lost within four years.
For advice on how to stop
piling the pounds back on, read about how to lose weight for life.
If you
are worried about your health have a look at the Man MOT, a confidential online
surgery where you can talk to a GP anonymously.
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