Overweight? Obesity issues? We can help you to detect it.

Overweight and obesity are defined as the excessive accumulation of fat in the body, which is damaging for health. Body mass index (BMI) plays an important role as an indicator of the relationship between weight and height of a person. 

World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines can be used to identify whether a person is overweight or obese. 

Overweight or obesity in adults 

If you want to know if an adult is overweight or obese, you can use the following information as a reference: 

• BMI equal to or above 25 = Overweight
• BMI equal to or above 30 = Obesity

Calculating BMI is very simple, since it divides a person’s weight in kilograms by height in square meters. Several free tools are available online to quickly make this calculation. 

Overweight or obesity in children

Other factors in addition to BMI are taken into account in measuring overweight or obesity for these age groups, involving a comparison of growth for children of the same height and sex. 

If you want to estimate BMI for your child, you can access a BMI percentile calculator for children and teenagers provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

• BMI between the 85th percentile and 95th percentile = Overweight
• BMI above the 95th percentile = Obesity

Leading Causes of Overweight and Obesity

The leading cause of overweight and obesity is an imbalance between consumed calories and daily energy use. This can be caused by the following: 

• Increased sedentary lifestyle due to daily activities that don’t involve exercise.
• Increased intake of high-fat foods
• Decreasing quality of life resulting in stress and anxiety issues.

How to effectively attack these problems?

Overweight or obesity problems can be combated by changing the lifestyle, starting a healthy diet containing fruits, vegetables and legumes. Also, starting to do physical activity regularly. 

Also, starting to do physical activity regularly. Along with this lifestyle change, it is also possible to undergo aesthetic treatments to reduce body fat, which helps to regain self-confidence and self-esteem.