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A Simple & Concise Look Inside Your Body
Strokes are usually a result of an excessively overweight condition (carrying excess fat). Paralysis, speech impairment and death can be the result of having had a stroke. Chances of a stroke occu.. more
The Basal Metabolic Rate (or BMR) is the minimal rate of energy expenditure compatible with life. In other words, it is the minimum amount of energy (expressed in number of calories) our body needs.. more
The Resting Energy Expenditure or REE is the energy needed to maintain vital body processes such as breathing, food digestion, blood circulation, and sufficient energy for sedentary activities. You.. more
Activity Level classification:
Very Light - Sedentary. Limited activity. No structured exercise.
Light - Normal daily routine with recreational activities 1 – 3 days per week.
Moderate - Par..
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The Daily Caloric Needs is the amount of calories required daily to maintain current body weight and is calculated by adding the Resting Energy Expenditure calories to the calories needed for daily.. more
Atherosclerosis is characterized by the thickening of the inner lining of arteries due to the accumulation of fatty deposits (lipid granules). The granules are deposited between the lining layers v.. more
Kidney failure may result when degenerative changes associated with obesity, atherosclerosis and hypertension occur. Excess lipid deposits around the kidneys are usually a result of an overweight c.. more
Does an excessively overweight condition exert an adverse effect on expected life span? The answer is unequivocally YES! The Framingham Study revealed that mortality rates for nonsmoking men th.. more
The American Cancer Society has conducted the largest epidemiological study of obesity and site-specific malignancies. Through the last follow-up year, the study was successful in tracing 93 percen.. more
The “pot belly”, commonly perceived as a protruding stomach, is mostly a result of fat accumulated within the abdominal cavity (known as “omentum” – the membrane in the abdominal cavity that connect.. more