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Overweight people may not be obese, though the word overweight is often used when obese is meant. Being overweight simply means weighing more than the average for a certain height. Some people weigh less than average for their height because they have small bones and muscles. Others are underweight because they have less fat. In either case, being underweight is not unhealthy. But people may be underweight as the result of a disease--cancer, diabetes, or tuberculosis, for example. In some children, being underweight may be the first sign of growth failure. An underweight person should consult a doctor. If no illness is found, there is no reason to worry. An overweight person who is not too fat does not need to lose weight for health reasons. The person would do better simply to stay physically fit with such exercise as walking or taking part in sports.
How to control Overweight You should consult a doctor and have a medical checkup before starting an extensive weight reduction programme. The advice of a dietitian is also useful. An obese person may need psychological help as well, especially if the person is young and has been teased and made to feel guilty, hopeless, or worthless. The first step in psychological treatment is to remove these feelings and to treat the obesity as a medical problem. Diet. Any reducing diet must provide fewer calories. If a man needs 3,000 calories a day to maintain his weight with his habits of life, he should eat only 2,000 calories a day to lose 0.9 kilogram a week. It is generally dangerous to lose weight any faster. The foods in a reducing diet must be
well-balanced. That is, they must provide enough of all the nutrients
needed for good health. There is no evidence that extreme diets--for
example, "low carbohydrate" or "low protein" diets,
or diets based on single foods--have any advantage over a well-balanced
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Weight
control is the process of
controlling the amount of body fat. It is based on the relationship
between the amount of food you eat and the amount of exercise you
get. The less you eat and the more you exercise, the less fat you
will have. Weight control has great medical importance because being
obese (too fat) can lead to severe health problems. Serious emotional
and social problems may also result from obesity.