Body Imagine & Managing Weight

For several years now the body mass Index(BMI)has emerged as the medical standard for determing obesity. Having a BMI of 25-29.9 according to this index puts you in the obese category.

Obesity is a major health issue in America, because of the side effects associated with being obese, such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and several cancers.

Even though the average American is over weight they are just as obsessed with losing weight. Herein lies the problem, people are to busy trying to lose weight and not paying attention to their body image and managing their weight.

You can buy a chart or go to a doctor and have your weight determined according to a general chart, but the sad fact is that what weight is right for you depends on a wide range of variables, such as body structure, height, sex, age, fat to lean tissue and the distribution of the weight that you carry.

Many lean, muscular athletes carry large amounts of weight and would be considered overweight based on the traditional height and weight charts.

The truth is most of us don't need to step on a scale or view a chart to tell us we are overweight. The fact that you are out of breath when walking, your knees or legs have been bother you more frequently and your clothes don't fit any more tell you that you are overweight.