Am I Overweight For My Height
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Introduction
Stable weight depends on an even balance between energy intake from food and energy expenditure. Energy expenditure occurs during the day in three ways:
- As energy expended during rest (basal metabolism)
- As energy used to metabolize food (thermogenesis)
- As energy expended during physical activity
Basal metabolism accounts for about two-thirds of expended energy, which is generally used to maintain body temperature and muscle contractions in the heart and intestine.
Thermogenesis accounts f...
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Expert & Community Posts
Measuring Obesity on Antidepressants
By Judith Wurtman , Health Expert...usually does not have a scale in the office or a height/weight chart on the wall. The well-known... Read more »
Mom, Dad, and Spinach
By Patrika Tsai , Health Expert...automatically make someone a good basketball player, but height and hours of practice on the... Read more »
What is Obesity?
By Dr. Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert...measure of how much weight you carry for a given height. Since there are a number of... Read more »
Heart Disease and Overweight: What’s the Connection?
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...taking your weight in kilograms and dividing by height in meters squared (kg/m2): If your BMI... Read more »
Obesity and Asthma Are Not a Great Mix
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...is defined as having excess body weight for your height, as measured against ranges of "normal."... Read more »
Health Guide
Taking Responsibility for your Weight
...hospital only an hour before and had been up all night. The patient weighed 560 lbs (I don’t recall his height), and complained that after a binge of eating (this involved three chickens,... Read more »Weight Control and Diet: Highlights
...uses.Calculating Body Mass Index (BMI)Multiply one's weight in pounds by 703.Divide that answer by height in inches.Divide that answer again by height in inches. Read more »Cataracts: Risk Factors
...average risk. (Not all studies, however, report a higher risk in people with darker eyes.)Obesity and Height. Studiesare now reporting obesity as a risk factor for cataracts, notably posterior... Read more »Stroke Risk Factors: Heart Disease and Stroke
...hemorrhagic stroke may also be higher in the winter, particularly in older people with high blood pressure.Height. Shorter people are at higher risk than taller individuals.Homocysteine and... Read more »Obesity Risks & Risk Factors
Where you live plays a role in your risk for obesity. Simply living in the United States makes a person more susceptible to obesity. The prevalence of obesity in America has risen... Read more »Images
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