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Obesity, Support for Weight Loss

All weight issues affect your health. Often it is a combination of stressors affecting the body, mind, emotions and spirit that creates the imbalance that lead to a weight disorder. Lifestyle "choices" do not always present a range of options that allow great choices. Work and home environments are not easily changed. The impact of food availability, culture around food plus the nature of time-compressed activities all add considerably to our abilities to change and maintain healthy dietary habits.

Lifestyle patterns of activity (movement and exercise), food choices and eating patterns can all alter your metabolism and create imbalances in the ability to absorb important nutrients and and eliminate waste effectively. Such imbalances need to be addressed in order to lose weight and keep it off!


WHO classification of obesity

WHO Classification
Underweight
Healthy weight
Overweight (grade 1 obesity)
Obese (grade 2 obesity)
Morbid/severe obesity(grade 3)

BMI*
Below 18.5
18.5-24.9
25.0-29.9
30.0-39.0
40.0 and above

Risk of Comorbidity
Low
Average
Mild increase
Moderate/severe
Very severe

 

 

 

 

*BMI = weight/height 2Overweight

The BMI calculator below is a .exe file that will open in a new window. Click "open" (not "save") unless you want to save the calculator to your computer. You will need to know your height and weight in either imperial or metric (both measurements must in the same category).

 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BMI CALCULATOR

Why should I Lose weight?

 

As BMI goes up, so does the risk for certain conditions including:

  • Diabetes
  • PCOS
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • High blood pressure
  • Premature death
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Some cancers


    • Because high BMI is just one factor for increased disease risk, you must also consider these factors to assess your disease risk:

  • Diet
  • Physical activity
  • Waist circumference

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    If you know you need to lose weight, go straight to the highly successful .  Ultra Lite also provides a well-balanced maintenance program to help you keep your weight off.

    Many factors can  influence your ability to lose weight.  Causes of weight gain - and hindrances to weight loss - can include:

    • Allergies/food intolerances
    • Hormone imbalances including PMS, PCOS, perimenopause, menopause, andropause
    • Thyroid hormone dysfunction
    • Insulin Resistance
    • Toxicity - poor detoxification
    • Inflammation - fluid weight gain
    • Stress hormones
    • Sleep deprivation
    • Yeast infection
    • Lack of exercise,water, fibre


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