Keep up with the latest Women s Health news directly from Ob-Gyn Associates of Albany. By changing your lifestyle, you can lose weight safely, and permanently. Only you can make the decision to live a healthy lifestyle. But once you decide, you're not alone. OB-GYN Associates is with you all the way, providing individualized guidance on food and exercise, and, if appropriate, medication, to help you take excess weight off and keep it off.
Extra pounds add up to health hazards.
Being overweight or obese puts people at risk for high blood pressure, adult-onset diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, gall bladder disease, certain cancers and arthritis. Other health conditions associated with excess body mass include respiratory difficulties, menstrual cycle disturbances, sleep apnea and gout. Your BMI can be calculated by multiplying your weight in pounds by 703, then dividing it by your height in inches, squared. BMIs of 25 through 29 is considered overweight, while a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese. You may have a healthy BMI and still weigh too much if you carry your weight around your waist rather than your hips and thighs.