Posts Tagged ‘exercise’

Weight: a complicated equation

The subject of weight loss is both emotive and complicated. On one hand we have people who belittle the issue and say, “It’s easy, just eat less and exercise more”, and on the other hand we see people who spend their whole lives on diets yet ultimately remain overweight. The first set of people are […]

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Category: Weight maintenance
November 26th, 2012
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Is there really an obesity crisis?

  We hear a lot about the obesity crisis these days, but what are the facts behind the headlines? Firstly, what is obesity? Obesity is based around the Body Mass Index, a measure of your height compared to your weight. The following are the defined weight categories: BMI 20-25 normal weight BMI 25-30 overweight BMI […]

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Category: Health and nutrition
October 3rd, 2012
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