DISEASES AND NUTRITION FACT

Obesity

Now-a-days , it can be seen that some men and women around us have enormous body sizes in comparison to other fellow humans , whose body sizes appear visibly normal , with their weights and heights being proportionate to one another . Due to the availability of fast food restaurants near schools , shopping centers and office complexes , it becomes hard to resist gulping another fat rich meal , and a glass of high calorie soft drink , even though one may had a regular meal , may be just an hour ago . The craving created by the tempting

advertisements by the celebrities is so strong that the victims get enticed to add on weight , day-after-day . The consequences of ingesting a high calorie food that is more than that recommended by a balanced diet , cast their gloom when the victim becomes overweight , and then , obese . According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , CDC , overweight and obesity are the conditions of a body that warn an individual about the excess amount of fat , which gets abnormally accumulated in the body . CDC claims that the amount of fat is calculated by Body Mass Index ' abbreviated as BMI , which is measured by the height and weight of an individual Based on their findings , CDC has classified the health of adult an individual into four categories : underweight ' if the BMI is less than 18 .5 , healthy weight ' if the BMI is between 18 .5 to 24 .9 overweight ' if the BMI is between 25 to 29 .9 , and obese ' if...