Why is weight management important?
Everyone wants to look and feel better!
Today’s lifestyle of working long hours, eating high calorie meals, and decreasing amounts of time to exercise prevents us from achieving our ideal body shape. Excess weight and obesity seems to be very common in many countries, and consequently increases the risk of developing diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and some types of cancer.
Thus, maintaining a healthy weight is important. Not only does it lower the causes of health problems, but it also makes you feel good about yourself and gives you plenty of energy to enjoy your life!
Know your BMI
The Body Mass Index (BMI) is the best indicator to find out whether you are normal, underweight, overweight or obese.
You can easily calculate your BMI by dividing your weight in kilogrammes by your height in metres squared.
What is your BMI result? If your BMI is below 18.5 or above 24.9, you should control the food you eat, your fitness level, as well as your overall lifestyle in order to achieve a healthy maintained weight.
Bad diets and the ‘Yo-Yo’ effect
There are many crash diet plans and weight management solutions that help you lose weight quickly. However, most of them can only provide short-term results. This is because the weight you lose comes from the loss of body fat and muscle mass. Yet, muscle cells play a significant role in processing fat, metabolising, and transforming it into energy. With decreasing amounts, your muscle tissues slow down your metabolism. Instead of being processed into energy, fat gets stored into fat tissues. That’s why many dieters end up regaining weight and it’s called the ‘yo-yo’ diet effect.
Therefore, it is very important to choose the right weight-management solutions that ensure you consume the appropriate amount of calories and the optimal nutrition for your health and energy levels.
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