Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Weight
Beyond appearances, maintaining a healthy weight is an important part of your well-being. And it could help keep disease away, too.
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Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight isn’t just a question of appearance. A healthy weight can improve your well-being and increase your chances of living a healthy life.
Being too thin or aiming for too low of a weight is not healthy either. Eating poorly or not eating enough over a long period of time can lead to nutrient deficiencies and affect the health of your bones, weaken your immune system, decrease your work performance and your general well-being.
To achieve your goals and enjoy happy times with loved ones for years to come, start developing healthy lifestyle habits today. A few small changes will have a big impact!
Maintaining a healthy weight can reduce your risks for future health problems, including:
- Type II diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease
- Hypertension
- Osteoarthritis (disease of the joints)
- Some types of cancer (e.g. breast, colorectal)
- Liver disease (e.g. cirrhosis)
Losing a little weight - from 5% to 10% of your initial body weight - can also help control a number of diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes.
Other risk factors must also be considered, but maintaining a healthy body weight is the first step towards well-being!
It is important to note that the degree of health risk associated with being overweight is affected by a number of factors: how many extra pounds you are carrying, where you carry the excess weight, and your age.
