Obesity

Obesity is a state of excess adipose tissue mass.
In short there is excess of fat.

1. (i) Your desired weight = (Height in cms – 100) x 0.9.
   If it is more, you are overweight.
2. (ii) your waist should be half of your height
   If it is more, you are overweight.
3. (iii) the best way is to do your body composition study to find out the exact proportion of fat by doing BIA or DEXA Scan.
   Body Fat percentage in women for optimum health should be less than 25%. For men it should be less than 17%.

Overweight & obesity have affected 250 crores people in world. About 28 lakh people die every year because of this issue.

Obesity is associated with multiple organ diseases.

The more important diseases associated with obesity are type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension (High BP), Brain Strokes, Heart attacks, Heart failure, Arthritis, Sleep Apnoea.

Apart from some organic causes, obesity is a dietary and lifestyle disease.

You can lose up to 11 kg per month if you follow the guidelines.

As said earlier, Obesity is a dietary and lifestyle disorder.
However, we train you to maintain weight.