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Health Risks of having a high bmi
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For people who are considered obese (BMI greater than or equal to 30) or those who are overweight (BMI of 25 to 29.9) and have two or more risk factors, it is recommended that you lose weight. Even a small weight loss (between 5 and 10 percent of your current weight) will help lower your risk of developing diseases associated with obesity. People who are overweight, do not have a high waist measurement, and have fewer than two risk factors may need to prevent further weight gain rather than lose weight. Talk to your doctor to see whether you are at an increased risk and whether you should lose weight. Your doctor will evaluate your BMI, waist measurement, and other risk factors for heart disease. The good news is even a small weight loss (between 5 and 10 percent of your current weight) will help lower your risk of developing those diseases. What is a healthy heart rate ?Find out your theoretical maximum heart rate here Resting heart rate (HRrest) is a person's heart rate when they are at rest: awake but lying down, and not having immediately exerted themselves. Typical healthy resting heart rate in adults is 60–80 bpm,[10] with rates below 60 bpm referred to as bradycardia and rates above 100 bpm referred to as tachycardia. Note however that conditioned athletes often have resting heart rates below 60 bpm. Tour de France cyclist Lance Armstrong has a resting HR around 32 bpm, and it is not unusual for people doing regular exercise to get below 50 bpm. Other cyclists like Miguel Indurain and Alberto Contador have reported resting heart rates in the mid-20s. Musical tempo terms reflect levels relative to resting heart rate; Adagio (at ease, at rest) is typically 66–76 bpm, similar to human resting heart rate, while Lento and Largo ("Slow") are 40–60 bpm, which reflects that these tempi are slow relative to normal human heart rate. Similarly, faster tempi correspond to heart rates at higher levels of exertion, such as Andante (walking: 76–108 bpm) and the like. Health issues in pregnancy with a high BMIThe number of deaths in newborn babies is high where the mother's bmi value is very high according to the Perinatal Mortality 2009 report, published by the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE). Although there has been a downward trend of neonatal mortality rates over the last decade 10% of mothers who had a stillbirth had a BMI of 35 or more. This is twice the UK rate for all deliveries to women with a BMI of 35 or more at any point in pregnancy. At the reverse end of this scale too low a bmi value can cause problems which led the Madrid fashion week to ban underweight models on the basis of their body mass index (BMI). |
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