Body Mass Index (BMI) - Calculator

The Body Mass Index (BMI) measures the weight status of your body in relation to the fat. It is a simple tool that helps to figure out the amount of excess body fat and the associated risks of carrying this extra weight. It can be applied to both men and women. It is advisable to use ‘Body Mass Index’ along with ‘Waist to Hip Ratio’ to get a complete picture of your weight status.

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Belly Fat Burning foods

The below simple and effective intakes makes your belly sexy and helps you keep your life healthy.

Having healthy body with flat abs is the dream of everybody, and when you start to take actions toward achieving this goal, the first thing you have to adjust is your food, because your food is the key that if properly planned, it will give you magical results.

In this article we selected for you the top belly fat burning foods that you could add to your diet:

A) YOGURT

Increasing your intake of yogurt which you take every day, will help you drop waistline sizes.

B) SEAFOOD

Adding seafood to your meals, will slim you waistline and results in good health too.

C) APPLES

This could flash us back to the wisdom says “One apple a day, keeps the doctor away”. Apples are a great source of vitamin C, an antioxidant, and studies shown that antioxidants help inhabit heart disease and also prevent the forming of some cancers.

D) GREEN TEA

E) COLD WATER

Drinking water in order to lose weight is the easiest way you have ever heard. Yes, drinking cold water will make your body show some resistance to heat the water to your body temperature and this will ends up with belly and overall body fat burning.

F) CHICKEN BREASTS

Meats are great source of protein, which is the main role player in building muscles, and it is approved that, the more muscles you have the more calories you’ll burn.

G) EGGS

H) OAT

Oatmeal is fiber-rich food that has fewer calories than other low-fiber grains, oats also make you feel full longer, so you can use it to reduce calories as much as you want, which in turn will lead your body to burn more fat.

I) LOW CALORIC  PROTEIN POWDER

The good planning of your supplement will help you to gain muscles and burn fat.
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What is Obesity or Overweight?

Every one must know before reading this further!

It may be defined as excess weight or deposition of excess fats on body, which leads to various diseases like diabetes, heart diseases, hypertension, lowered pulmonary functions, lowers life expectancy.

Medical words, it may be defined as an abnormal growth of the adipose tissue due to enlargement of fat cell size (Hypertrophic) or an increase in fat cell number (Hyperplastic). It can be of 2 types, first is Abdominal obesity and second is Gluteal obesity. Generally 20 % excess weight is considered as health risk.

Obesity Reasons

Physical inactivity (lack of proper exercise)
    Eating Habits -    
1.     Eating in between meals
2.     Preference to sweets, refined food, fats, preserved food
3.     Composition & periodicity of meals

Psychological Factors
    
1.     Emotional disturbances
2.     Depression and anxiety
3.     Frustration and loneliness
 
Endocrine glands problems
Familial tendency
Males are at high risk during age 29 to 35 and females are at risk during the age 45 to 49
The risk increases with age.

Assessment of Obesity

1.  Body Mass Index = Weight in kg./ (Height in meter)* (Height in meter)

If the BMI is in between 19 to 23, it is considered as normal, but if it is more then 23 then it can be called as obesity.

2. Waist to Hip ratio = if it is more than 1 in male is Obesity and 0.85 in females.

There are other methods to assess the obesity.

The obesity results in various diseases like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary heart diseases, reduced pulmonary functions and resulting in lower life expectancy.
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