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What are the health consequences of overweight and obesity?
Overweight and obesity are both known to reduce life expectancy and to increase the risk of many diseases, including the following:
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Stroke
- Arterial hypertension
- Type 2 diabetes
- Neoplasms (breast, colon and endometrial cancer)
- Dyslipidemia
- Osteoarthritis
- Gallbladder disease
- Sleep apnea.
Determine your BMI
Use this calculator to determine your BMI number. Fill out your weight (in kilograms) and your height (in centimeters) and press enter.
How to read your BMI?
Check your BMI against the chart below to determine your weight category.
| Weight status | BMI - men [kg/m2] | BMI - women [kg/m2] |
| Underweight | <20 | <19 |
| Normal | 20 - 24.9 | 19 - 23.9 |
| Overweight | 25 - 29.9 | 24 - 29.9 |
| Obesity | >30 | >30 |
| Obesity - Io | 30 - 34.9 | 30 - 34.9 |
| Obesity - IIo | 35 - 39.9 | 35 - 39.9 |
| Obesity - IIIo | >40 | >40 |
- If your weight is within the normal range for adults of your height, keep up the good work!
- If you are overweight or slightly underweight, try to modify your lifestyle and composition of your meals to achieve normal range of BMI. Remember that haste is your enemy.
- If you suffer from significant underweight or obesity, visit your doctor. He will guide you to victory. Do not change your lifestyle or feeding habits drastically on your own.
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