How does weight gain affect your health?

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As beauty reigns and sets itself apart from others, we pay more and more attention to our body shape. Gaining weight for any reason is not good for your health. So how does weight gain affect you?

1. How does weight gain affect health?

According to health experts, uncontrolled weight gain will lead to obesity. Fat accumulates around the internal organs (visceral fat) and causes dangers such as:
Obesity is the main cause of increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Because the fatter your body, the higher your blood pressure and the harder your heart has to work to pump blood. This also increases the risk of stroke. People who are obese are also at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure or bone and joint diseases, kidney disease or breathing difficulties. Even more dangerous, obesity increases the risk of cancer. Unhealthy diet, smoking and drinking also increase the risk of cancer and expose the body to many dangerous conditions.

2. What are the signs that your body is obese?

Knowing how weight gain affects each of us needs to be more conscious in paying attention to our weight. Some signs that show you are obese are: BMI = weight (kg) / height (m) x height (m) = 25 to 40.
In addition to BMI, Waist measurement is also an accurate basis to help you determine whether your body is accumulating excess fat or not? A waist-to-hip ratio > 0.90 for men or > 0.85 for women is considered at risk of obesity.
Or more simply, if you go to a doctor and the doctor says that you are having fatty liver, fatty blood ... then that means your body is accumulating excess fat and you need to change it right away. his daily diet.

Everyone knows how unhealthy obesity is. Therefore, build yourself a good health by changing your daily eating habits, using foods rich in protein, low in fat, low in bad starch, paying attention to drinking water regularly and maintaining healthy habits. used to exercise.
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