Healthy Weight

There are three enemies in weight - underweight, overweight and obesity.  

People have always thought that being overweight was the only problem is our individual lives and in America.  

Reality is, there are two more things that we need to tackle. 

Underweight is defined as lack of body fat for health or a BMI or body mass index of less than 18.5. Overweight is defined as more than enough body fat with a BMI of 25 through 29.9.  Obesity, on the other hand, is more than enough body fat accompanied with health issues.  BMI is normally 30 or higher.

Underweight individuals are at the same risk level as those who are overweight and obese people.  Underweight individuals are high risk of dying of starvation during diseases and famines.  According to Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies, 66 percent of Americans are overweight and obese. Overweight and obese attract hypertension, diabetes and heart disease and in some cases triples your risk.

The balance of energy and proper take in of foods combined with an active lifestyle are necessary to keep BMI in tact.  Preparing meals and monitoring caloric intake and working out the entire body for the purposes of being healthy will keep us in the fight against society and obesity, maintaining a healthy body weight.  

Sizer, F. & Whitney, E. (2013).  Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies (13th ed.).  Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.