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The Indicators of Overweight
We are certainly wondered how fat are we that we called as overweight which exceeds the limit of health, Although the answer could be different to each person (because weight is also depends on the structure of bones, organs, muscles as well as fat). Health experts have created a guidance that is also known as the Body Mass Index (BMI). Basically the experts of obesity are doing evaluation about health risk of the obese patients according to three indicators.
The first indicator is the person’s body mass index. Body mass index (BMI) will illustrate about the relative weight averagely compared to the height of someone who is over the age of 20 years. BMI is also sometimes used as guidance for assessing the risk of metabolic disease and the degree of fat in the body.
The second indicator is the waist circumference, which describes the level of visceral fatness (fat in the stomach) compared with total body fat (proportion of body fat). The third indicator is the history of someone’s health, which of course becomes an important indicator which is become a risky factor for this person. For example, whether the person had a history of hypertension, diabetes, blood cholesterol and high levels of uric acid.
Or did the person have a history of smoking, and so forth. The higher the risk factor and the degree of obesity, the more important for this person to lose the body fat and controlled the body weight.
5 Habits that Threaten to Weight Gain
Every person surely wants the ideal body shape. Uncontrolled body weight, the size of waist and belly often cause problems for the appearance. You may think that all this time you have done a healthy life. However, there are some habits which unconsciously add the layer of fat in the body.
1. Avoid eating schedule
This tactic is always become a boomerang to ourselves. You will eat very much when you were really hungry. As a result, the fat will accumulate in the body. Eat in small portions every three or four hours, will meet your needs without thicken the layer of fat in the body.
2. Avoid intake of protein
Most women avoid foods like meat, fish, and dairy products because they think that foods are full of calories and fat. But, remember, these foods are sources of protein that help increase your metabolism. These foods are will make us feel full and prevent the excessive food intake. Choose foods that has low calories and fat, like cheese or tuna (one sixth ounce of can fulfill a three-quarter of your daily protein needs).
Diet at The Age of 20
While still at 20s, your body weight is often fluctuated rapidly. When you felt that you already overweight, you were hurriedly dieting. When you became slim again, then you would return again to satisfy yourself by eating delicious foods. At the time you entered at the age of 30s, this habit is no longer easy to do.
Because, basically, what is easy to do at the age of 20s, not necessarily effective when you are aged 30 years, 40 years, and so on. Do you want to know, what will effectively reduce your weight at the age of 20s and 30s? Age 20s, your body is at building ‘mode’. Applying a balanced diet will maintain your weight, and improve the health. Leave the habit while you were still at college. Eating at 15:00 o’clock should not be a habit if you are intending to lose weight. Eat every three or four hours will maintain an optimal metabolic efficiency. Select the food for energy. Bread is practically eaten when you are in a hurry.
However, white bread, or other types of pure carbohydrates, will be digested quickly, causing unstable blood sugar. Whole wheat that is combined with protein for breakfast, because protein slows the carbohydrate absorption. In order for energy to be maintained for the whole day, eat green vegetables like broccoli, spinach, or green vegetable juices. Avoid caffeine. When we need energy to stay awake, we often drinking energy drinks.