If you want to know more about weight and diet, we offer advice on how to lose weight and stay healthy.
Many options are available to help people with weight loss. To understand which of them may be best for you, please speak with a nurse or doctor.
“Body Mass Index” (BMI) is a measure of how healthy your weight is for your height. You can work out what your BMI is by using the NHS Choices BMI healthy weight calculator.
If you have a high BMI, you’re likely to be carrying extra fat. But your health could be at greater risk depending on where you store that fat.
Having a large amount of tummy fat (rather than fat around your bottom or thighs) makes you more likely to develop diabetes and heart problems.
A healthy waist circumference for men is less than 94cm (37 inches), and for women it’s less than 80cm (32 inches).
Losing weight and keeping it off isn’t easy, but it has many benefits. You may only need to make small changes to your lifestyle to maintain a healthy weight.
If you’d like to find out more about how you can lose weight in a healthy way please speak with a nurse or doctor.
For more general information about weight loss, please see the websites below:
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