What is overweight?
Your body weight is determined by the amount of energy obtained from your food compared to the amount of energy that your body is using. The surplus energy you take in from food and drink is mostly stored as fat. To lose weight, the energy you take in from food must be less than the energy you use, in other words eat less and exercise more.
There are no ‘wonder’ diets or foods which can cause weight loss. Neither can ‘wonder’ diets cause weight loss from a particular part of your body. Weight loss occurs in the areas where fat has been stored – usually on the hips and thighs in women, and around the stomach in men. Being fat around the waist (‘apple-shaped’) may be more harmful to health than having fat on the hips and thighs (‘pear-shaped’).
Doctors use BMI to assess weight.
A BMI of 18.5 to 25 is healthy.
If you have a BMI of more than 25, you’re overweight.
Over 30 is obese.
Over 40 is morbidly obese.
A BMI of 18.5 to 25 is healthy.
If you have a BMI of more than 25, you’re overweight.
Over 30 is obese.
Over 40 is morbidly obese.
To calculate your BMI, you’ll need to know your weight in kilos and your height in metres, then follow the example below.
1. Multiply your height by itself, eg 1.7×1.7= 2.89.
2. Divide your weight (eg 80kg) by this figure.
3. 80 ÷ 2.89= 27.7.
27.7 is the BMI.
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