Getting healthy starts with knowing where you stand. This fast and easy 360° Gut Check tool will give you a full-spectrum analysis of how your weight and lifestyle stack up. After all, the first step to losing pounds and inches is gaining knowledge.
Do a simple calculation using your height and waist measurements to find out if you may have certain health risks.
The terms "overweight" and "obesity" refer to a person's overall body weight and whether it's too high. Overweight is having extra body weight from muscle, bone, fat, and/or water. Obesity is having a high amount of extra body fat. Source Fuente National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute, part of the National Institutes for Health and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
The most common way to find out whether you're overweight or obese is to figure out your body mass index (BMI). BMI is an estimate of body fat, and it's a good gauge of your risk for diseases that occur with more body fat. The higher your BMI, the higher your risk of disease. Source Fuente National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute, part of the National Institutes for Health and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Being overweight or obese puts you at risk for many diseases and conditions. The more body fat that you have and the more you weigh, the more likely you are to develop: coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, breathing problems, and certain cancers. Source Fuente National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute, part of the National Institutes for Health and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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