-What is Obesity?
-The population obesity from around the world
- The consequences of having obesity
- How to prevent obesity
Obesity is a term or a meaning to describe a person that are overweight.This is a very common problem especially in the UK and every around 4 or 5 children were at the age of 10 to 11.They are many different types of way to classified whether are you over weight, normal or obese which they are (BMI)Body Mass Index, skin fold and many other more. To check your BMI you can go to the BMI healthy weight calculator to find your own score.
This is a table where can help you to see if you are obese.
For the result(adults):
BMI of 25 to 29.9 are considered as overweight
BMI of 30 to 39.9 are considered obese
BMI of 40 or the above are considered as severely obese.
| Country | Population of obesity | Percent | |
| 1 | United States | 78 million people | 33 percent |
| 2 | China | 46 million people | 4.4 percent |
| 3 | India | 30 million people | 3.8 percent |
| 4 | Russia | 28 million people | 24.1 percent |
| 5 | Brazil | 22 million people | 16.2 percent |
| 6 | Mexico | 20 million people | 26.9 percent |
Being overweight/obese could have a very series impact to our lifestyle it's just like carrying an a extra bags around you everyday. It might leads to have diseases like cardiovascular disease (it's mainly a stroke or a heart disease) or even type 2 diabetes and many other more.
Tips:
-Choose a healthy food diet, keep your food's calories in mind.
-Make sure that you do more exercise everyday.
--Watch the portion size of the food that you eat everyday.
-Keeping track on your weight.
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