overweight

overweight

[-wāt]

Etymology: AS, ofer + gewiht, weight

1 more than normal in body weight after adjustment for height, body build, and age, or 10% to 20% above the person's "desirable" body weight.

2 a body mass index between 25.0 and 29.9. See also body mass index.

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overweight

A condition defined as ≥ 75^th percentile of body-mass index [wt in kg/(height in m)]2; overweight adults are at ↑ risk for ASHD, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, DM, gallbladder disease, gout, HTN, and certain CAs; overweight adolescents are at ↑ risk for CAD, stroke, colorectal CA. See Morbid obesity, Obesity.

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Patient discussion about overweight.

Q. Hello ! my name is Jay .. i am 35 years old and i am extremely over weight and i am very aware to it's hazards and risks and i am trying to loos weight and stay on my diet .. the problem is , and this is a tough one , i can not stick with it .. doesn't matter which diet i try , i get to a point where i just find my self fighting with myself with the urge to eat and i always loos ... i am over weight , i have no close friends to push me forward with my diet and i am loosing hope !!! is there someone who is familiar with this type of condition or status ? or has been or seen a similar case ?

A. For exercise I walked...started out a little at a time and walked everyday...this is going to sound so silly to you but I am a person who likes to set goals and meet them. SO I picked out a place I wanted to go( it was New Orleans) I found out miles from where i was to there and i charted the distance I walked until I "walked" to New Orleans, once there I picked a place( Denver, Co) and again walked to Denver. When I first started walking it was a 1/2 mile at a time BUT before I knew it it was a mile, two miles etc. It encourage me to "keep walking". Now I have a lot of health problems that aren't associated to my weight BUT I still try to make sure I walk...hey if interested maybe we could pick a place and both "walk" there...it would encourage me to walk daily also! Jay I wish you the best of luck and again contact me if you wish.
best,

Q. Why is there ‘beer belly’? Why are overweight people that drink a lot of beer regularly said to have ‘beer belly’? Beer doesn’t seem to have so many calories – it’s not sweet

A. Beer may be partly to blame for what are commonly called beer bellies, but it isn't the only culprit. Many men who never drink beer have a bulging gut. And some beer-lovers have those coveted "six-pack" abs. The real reason too many American men carry around beer bellies is that they consume too many calories and too much fat. Drinking a few beers a day can add a significant number of calories to your diet. The average adult drinker gets about 10% of his total daily calories from alcoholic beverages. Heavy drinkers may get up to half their calories from alcohol. With most foods, the calories we consume are either used as fuel or get stored as fat. So theoretically, adding a couple of 120-calorie glasses of beer to a high-calorie meal would contribute to a beer belly. For the full article: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/42/1685_50288.htm
Hope this helps.

Q. what diet is recommended to a person who is over weight and have high blood pressure and he his in the his golden age ...?

A. the high blood pressure because of the over weight, could be for a lot diferent things, so, you have to figure out fisrt what tipe of high blood pressure you have to treat it properly, meanwhile I suggesst a low salt diet.