How to get rid of Obesity?

Tips for getting rid of Obesity and making your life healthy.

By following the tips given here will help you in making your body slim and healthy. You should not try to find the shortest path and instead make your daily life more balanced to keep yourself healthy.

According to WHO, at least 2.8 million people die each year as a result of being overweight or obese. In the world an estimated 35.8 million (2.3%) of global disability-adjusted life year (DALYs) are caused by overweight. So, obesity is silent killer and it leads to many different types of diseases including heart disease.

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What is Obesity?

Let's understand what is obesity? Obesity or Overweight is the abnormal or excessive accumulation of body fat leading to the risk to health.

The measure of the obesity is done through body mass index (BMI) and it is calculated by dividing the weight of person with the square of his/her height (in meters). If the value of BMI is more than 30 then the person is considered as obese. While a person whose BMI is equal or more 25 then he/she is considered as overweight.

According to WHO the definition of obesity is:

•  BMI greater than or equal to 25 is overweight
•  BMI greater than or equal to 30 is obesity.

The obesity and the overweight are major risk to the health of the people all over the world and poses major risk factors for many diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and even cancer.

Now overweight and obesity are also effecting the people of low income countries, easier it was only considered the disease of the high income countries. So, whole world are getting affected from the risks of obesity.

Causes of Obesity and Overweight?

According to WHO, the fundamental cause of obesity and overweight is imbalance in consumption of calories and burning of calories in body. If you consume more calories then you can burn it will be accumulated in your body and will cause Obesity and Overweight.

So, you should balance the calories consumption and its utilization in body by increasing the physical activity of the body.

According to WHO Globally, there has been:

• an increased intake of energy-dense foods that are high in fat; and
• an increase in physical inactivity due to the increasingly sedentary nature of many forms of work, changing modes of transportation, and increasing urbanization.

So, people should increase their physical activity of the body so that the calories taken through food fully utilized in the body and burned.

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How to get rid of Obesity and Overweight?

The simple formula of getting rid of obesity is to balance the calories intake means you should fully utilize (burn) the calorie taken as food. For this you should consult your doctor to understand about the calories values and the amount of food you can taken, then change your daily life style, add physical exercise in your daily life. Finally follow the decided path and get rid of obesity and over weight.

There are many Yoga exercise that you can learn and practice for making your body balanced. You should learn the Yoga exercise from an expert and practice daily.

Suryanamaskar Yoga if practice daily (after learning from expert) you can control your obesity and even cure your obesity.

Here is the video of Suryanamaskar Yoga:

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The Overweight and obesity are non-communicable disease and good news is that it is largely preventable with proper lifestyle. The healthier (for obesity) food and regular physical exercise (Yoga most effective) are most effective in preventing obesity. These two things healthier food and regular physical exercise are most accessible, available and affordable for everyone.

At the individual level you should do the following things:

• Reduce the intake of fats and sugars
• Increase your consumption of vegetables and fruits
• Regularly do the physical exercises like walking, Yoga and other physical work
• Avoid or reduce the processed food

At the social level following things can be done:

• Reducing the fat, sugar and salt content in the processed food
• Govt. should ensure nutritious foods are available for everyone at affordable cost
• Educating the masses about obesity
• Educating your children about obesity
• ensuring the physical activity at the workplace also
• Availability of Health professionals at affordable cost

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