| In today's society there are literally mountains of | | | | stroke by 40%. It even increased the chances of |
| evidence linking obesity to the risk of many serious | | | | death by a whopping 60% to 120% in the case of |
| health problems such hypertension, heart disease, | | | | diabetes, kidney disease and liver disease. |
| diabetes and gall bladder disease. Losing weight is | | | | With age it becomes more and more important to |
| actually part of the treatment for all of these | | | | exercise and have a good nutritional plan. Not only to |
| conditions. | | | | help maintain proper weight but to keep the body |
| As the body ages, a fall in activity levels lowers your | | | | functioning at optimum levels. Exercise and proper |
| energy requirements and thus leads to decrease in | | | | nutrition are pivotal factors when it comes to keeping |
| muscle mass. Unfortunately the smaller energy | | | | strong bones and muscles. For instance, many people |
| requirements and reduced activity levels that usually | | | | know that to maintain strong bones and muscles and |
| come with aging are not matched by a parallel decline | | | | a low body fat content a healthy diet is needed. But |
| in food consumption. When this begins to occur, your | | | | few know that strength training for those moving |
| body fat increases. | | | | into old age, will in fact greatly increase bone density. |
| ''Excess weight shortens human life span," states | | | | It will build more muscle, and slow the age related |
| Gary Whitlock of the Clinical Trial Service Unit at the | | | | muscle deterioration. This coupled with a good |
| University of Oxford. In a large study involving almost | | | | aerobic regime, and a great nutritional plan will keep |
| 900000 people researchers found that each increase | | | | the metabolism at a higher rate. When activity levels |
| in body weight translated into a much greater | | | | increase, the waist band decreases. If you would like |
| increase in any cause of death. The BMI, or body | | | | to learn more or find other great articles on health, |
| mass index is measured by taking a specific height to | | | | fitness and nutrition, please visit: |
| weight ratio. It was found that even a small increase | | | | So its simple, keep the waist band smaller, live longer. |
| of 5 in the subjects' BMI increased their risk of death | | | | Enjoy more of life. |
| by 30% and their risk death from heart disease or | | | | |