Weight management
Maintaining a healthy weight is a crucial part of overall good health. Keep your weight within the healthy range, and you'll not only feel better: you'll lower your risk of heart disease,
stroke and certain cancers.
Healthy weight calculator
Accurate for both adults and children,
use this new BMI calculator to tell you if you are a healthy weight. It will also provide you with
personalised information and advice based on your results.
And when it comes to weight, even small improvements can work wonders for your health. While most people don’t like the way they look when they're carrying excess weight, losing weight isn’t just about looking better: it's much healthier too.
Obesity causes 9,000 premature deaths in England every year, and on average reduces life expectancy by a whopping nine years. It's also linked to serious health problems including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancers of the breast, colon and prostate.
Obesity-related health problems cost the NHS around £1bn a year. So what’s causing this epidemic? Only a tiny minority of people (fewer than one in 100) are
obese because of medical conditions such as
Cushings Syndrome.
Most
obese people can blame their excess weight on eating more calories than they burn. That means there are two main options if you want to lose weight: eat less, or do more exercise. The best way to lose weight is a combination of the two.
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