Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - Difference Between Overweight and obese |
You might think, "what is the difference?" Medically speaking, there is a difference. Most doctors consider someone who is 20 to 30 per cent over their ideal body weight to be obese. You are considered overweight if you are over 25 on the body mass index. That's anywhere from 5 to 15 per cent over your ideal body weight.
Rather than try to tell you what your ideal body weight is, here is a great website that will tell you what your best weight would be (it also includes a table on BMI (body mass index)).
http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm
Either way, you are at a much greater risk of having one of the above diseases by being overweight. If that isn't a reason why you should start trying to lose weight, I don't know what is.
So, if you've found that you are overweight or obese by doing the above calculations, and you are serious about losing those unwanted pounds, then you have a decision to make.
Is it time to take action and make changes to your lifestyle that are going to make you healthier and happier? |
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