Danger of Obesity and Overweight in Older Age

Obesity and overweight are defined as excess body energy reserves, mainly as fat, if it is known that in both cases the health is at risk, the risk in older adults increases. This may be the time to take action to prevent future problems, do not you think?The increased fat in the body is always manifested by weight gain, but this does not mean that all people who weigh more than normal are considered obese. To find anthropometric indicators have been established as weight, height, thickness of skin folds and circumferences (waist and hip).However, body mass index (BMI) is a medical tool that determines how much a person has exceeded the reserves of energy as fat. For BMI, divide the number of its weight in kilograms by the

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