Many researchers blame the increase in obesity and sedentary living on the recent surge of Type 2 diabetes over the past few years. Diabetes significantly increases your risk for heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, loss of sensation in the extremities, and gangrene, which often leads to amputations. Obese people take longer to fall asleep, have more sleep disturbances, and sleep less on average than people at a normal weight. Sleep deprivation can leave people feeling tired and more vulnerable to snacking and less likely to exercise. In a country that regales beauty and thinness, being obese can cause significant emotional and social distress.
Many obese people report increased stress, emotional problems, and discrimination.
In this week's web site activity , you will be guided to Web sites that further explain and help you to calculate your BMI, ideal weight, and obesity-related health risk. You should always keep in mind, however, that height and weight tables or calculations do not always represent an appropriate weight for you as an individual. However, if you've never weighed below 155 pounds in your adult life, then it is probably not realistic to expect to achieve a goal weight of 120 pounds. You should probably strive for the upper end of the figures you see or even strive for what you feel is the most realistic goal for you. If you're overweight, then any amount of weight loss or exercise significantly adds to better health and a better attitude.