obesity
Who is overweight.
A person who weighs more than the maximum permissible weight is called overweight.
Who is obese
If the person is 10 percent (or 8 kg) or more overweight, he is termed obese.
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What is a problem for obese persons
An obese person has to carry an extra burden of inert fat. It is like carrying a bag of the much weight during the waking hours. This puts an extra load on the weight bearing joints (hip and knee), and on the ligaments of the spine and lower limbs. The ligaments stretch and the joints degenerate and creak causing pain.
The extra weight puts an extra burden on the heart and lungs, causing a person to get breathless. It makes him sluggish. This causes further reduction of physical activity, leading to more obesity. This becomes a vicious circle.
The unborn fats raise the cholesterol levels of the blood, contributing to the production of fatty deposits in the major arteries of the heart, brain, kidneys, legs, etc.
Why do people become obese
Your body weight depends upon how much you eat and how much you burn off by physical work and exercise. If you eat less and work more, you lose weight. Conversely, if you eat more and work less, you gain weight. The extra calories are converted by the body into fat. Over the years you accumulate more and more fat and become obese.
Fat in the body
There is always fat in our body. It is thickest in certain places where in some overweight people, it forms veritable rolls of fat, usually on the stomach, the breast, the thighs, hips and the buttocks. In the normal body, the layer at these places should be no more than a half-inch thick. If the person is overweight, the fat spreads every where, but will be at its maximum in these areas.
Overweight Troubles (effects)
Before trying to define overweight, it seems sensible to define the conventional standards of normal bodily sizes, weight and shapes so that the men and women who read this site may know how far they are from the ideal. The table of measurements we have prepared for women (see the end of the site) will give them more precise information on this subject. But let it be clear now that those who undertake a course of treatment must weight themselves regularly every month, at the same time of day.
Women try to get their figure back
for the sake of their appearance, and they are right. It is only too obvious that getting fat means looking older, losing your charm, spoiling the style of your well-cut dress. It also puts them at a disadvantage socially and in business.
Getting fat means loss of enthusiasm, of the joy of living, of versatility, of physical and mental vigor. It brings short-temper, tiredness, loss of memory, drowsiness, upsets and nervous instability.
The Well-Shaped Man
The chest should be the widest and the thickest part of the body. The Muscles of the limbs should be well visible. The shoulders should stand out well away from the chest, and should be well curved.
The lower jaw should join the neck at a definite angle, with no double chin.
The man should be THIN but not like a skeleton.
The man should be SHORT but not like a dwarf.
The man should be TALL but not like a giant.
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Let us turn now to the ideal shape for a woman. She should be more rounded and softer than a man. In a woman, the sub-coetaneous fat is usually thicker, and the muscles and the bones are less prominent. The connective tissues, and not the muscle, mould a woman’s figure. Her body is less bulky and more slender than a man’s. Her chest is narrower, thinner and less muscular.
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Her pelvis is lower than a man’s. It looks wider because of the relative narrowness of her waist and the lesser development of her thighs.
Her collar-bones should stand out slightly; the small dips above them, of which they mark the lower boundary, are no more a sign of thinness than the fact that the ridges of her tibia shows through see the collar-bones.
Her stomach should . be flat. Her hips-bone should show through the skin, as should the edges of the lowest ribs.
They should be slim and not bulgy.
The joints of her lower limbs, both knees and ankles, should be slim.
While the thighs should be completely together when you stand bolt upright.
The face should be well filled-out. The breasts should be sufficiently fat to be rounded although not too large or they may droop. The same applies to the buttocks.
According to this chat every one can understand how much weight and other things they want. See it below. For Adults only.
| Height | Weight | Bust | Waist | Hips | Thigh | Calf | Ankle | ||
| Male | In ft | In cm | In kgs | ||||||
| 4’10
4’11 5’ 5’1 5’2 5’3 5’4 5’5 5’6 5’7 5’8 5’9 5’10 5’11 6’ 6’1 6’2 6’3 |
148
150 153 156 158 161 163 166 168 171 173 176 178 181 184 186 189 191 |
48-51
49-53 51-54 52-55 56-60 58-62 59-64 61-65 62-67 64-69 66-71 68-73 69-74 71-76 73-79 75-81 78-84 80-86 |
28”
30” 32” 33” 33 ½” 34” 34 ½” 35” 35 ½” 36” 36 ½” 37” 37 ½” 38” 40” 41 ½” 42” 43” |
20”
21” 22” 23” 23 ½” 24” 24” 24 ½” 25” 25 ½” 26” 27” 27 ½” 28” 29” 29 ½” 30” 32” |
32”
33” 34” 34” 34 ½” 35” 36” 37” 37 ½” 38” 38 ½” 39” 39 ½” 40” 41” 43” 44” 45” |
17”
18” 19” 19 ½” 20” 20 ½” 21” 21 ½” 22” 22” 22 ½” 23” 23” 23 ½” 25” 26” 28” 29” |
10”
11” 11 ½” 11 ½” 12” 12” 12 ½” 12 ½” 13” 13” 13 ½” 13 ½” 14” 14” 15” 17” 18” 19” |
5”
6” 6 ½” 6 ½” 7” 7” 7 ½” 7 ½” 7 ½” 8” 8” 8” 8 ½” 8 ½” 9” 9 ½” 9 ½” 10” |
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| Female | In ft | In cm | In kgs | ||||||
| 4’10
4’11 5’ 5’1 5’2 5’3 5’4 5’5 5’6 5’7 5’8 5’9 5’10 5’11 6’ 6’1 6’2 6’3 |
148
150 153 156 158 161 163 166 168 171 173 176 178 181 184 186 189 191 |
48-51
49-52 51-54 52-55 53-57 54-58 56-60 58-61 59-64 61-65 62-67 64-69 65-70 67-72 69-74 71-76 73-79 75-83 |
28”
30” 32” 33” 33 ½” 34” 34 ½” 35” 35 ½” 36” 36 ½” 37” 37 ½” 38” 40” 41 ½” 42” 43” |
20”
21” 22” 23” 23 ½” 24” 24” 24 ½” 25” 25 ½” 26” 27” 27 ½” 28” 29” 29 ½” 30” 32” |
32”
33” 34” 34” 34 ½” 35” 36” 37” 37 ½” 38” 38 ½” 39” 39 ½” 40” 41” 43” 44” 45” |
17”
18” 19” 19 ½” 20” 20 ½” 21” 21 ½” 22” 22” 22 ½” 23” 23” 23 ½” 25” 26” 28” 29” |
10”
11” 11 ½” 11 ½” 12” 12” 12 ½” 12 ½” 13” 13” 13 ½” 13 ½” 14” 14” 15” 17” 18” 19” |
5”
6” 6 ½” 6 ½” 7” 7” 7 ½” 7 ½” 7 ½” 8” 8” 8” 8 ½” 8 ½” 9” 9 ½” 9 ½” 10” |
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