Obesity

Methods to detect obesity

Obesity is the state of body in which weight of the body is higher at least by 10%. It is very obvious that the hazards of the obesity are directly proportional to the amount of accumulated fat. Here we tell you how to detect the presence of excess fat on your body.

People having same height have different ideal weights due to their body frames. These Ideal Charts help us know what our ideal weight should be accoding to the height. There is some scope for an error if we rely only on graphs, charts of these kind. e.g. People with high daily physical work may have large frames, well developed muscles and hence they may weigh more than the ideal observations. There are some other methods to detect obesity which are very simple in nature to work out.

Other Methods

Some callipers are specially designed forks to pinch certain parts of our body to determine the skin fold thickness. Anybody can pinch his/her body with the help of thumb and forefinger and thus can easily ascertain the excess amount of fat accumulated. Generally the fat accumulation is on chin, neck, belly, thighs and buttocks of women. Just standing before a mirror and observing these body parts will tell you the excess fat accumulation over the body. Generally the fat accumulation is on chin, neck, belly, thighs and buttocks of women. Just standing before a mirror and observing these body parts will tell you the excess fat accumulation over the body.

If you feel very tired or breathless after climbing a staircase, be very careful, you have excess fat on your body. If your weight is 20% greater than the ideal weight, you should be very careful about your diet, and take regular exercises so as to lose some fat and maintain your weight to remain fit for long.