Home energy upgrades are now more important than ever. Covid Lives Lost The rich, full and cherished lives of the people behind the numbers. Coronavirus Explore our guides to help you through the pandemic. Subscriber Only. How recreational drug use contributes to environmental damage. Obesity tends to run in families. Some people have a genetic tendency to gain weight more easily than others. Although genes strongly influence body type and size, the environment also plays a role. People today are gaining weight because of unhealthy food choices like fast food and family habits like eating in front of the TV instead of around a table.
High-calorie, low-nutrient snacks and beverages, bigger portions of food, and less-active lifestyles are all contributing to the obesity epidemic.
Sometimes people turn to food for emotional reasons, such as when they feel upset, anxious, sad, stressed out, or even bored. When this happens, they often eat more than they need.
Figuring out if a teen is overweight is a little more complicated than it is for adults. That's because teens are still growing and developing. Doctors and other health care professionals use a measurement called body mass index BMI to tell if someone is overweight. The doctor calculates BMI using a person's height and weight, and then plots that number on a chart.
There are different charts for girls or guys. BMI estimates how much body fat the person has. Because muscle weighs more than fat, a muscular person can have a high BMI, but not too much body fat. Likewise, it's possible for someone to have a low or ideal BMI but still have too much body fat.
Obesity is bad news for both body and mind. Not only can it make someone feel tired and uncomfortable, carrying extra weight puts added stress on the body, especially the bones and joints of the legs.
Kids and teens who are overweight are more likely to develop diabetes and other health problems. And overweight adults have a higher chance of getting heart disease. But body weight is not the best indicator of internal well-being. A much better indicator is your diet. Festival of Social Science — Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire.
Edition: Available editions United Kingdom. Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. Dominic Tran , University of Sydney. How do we judge the health of weight? More people are now at risk from obesity than from starvation.
Eating too much is killing us. But there are some people seemingly unaffected by the food they eat Our diet of ice cream, hamburgers, chocolate and other high-calorie foods is making us fat.
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