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Obesity

Obesity occurs when somebody is carrying too much body fat for their height and sex and it is one of the biggest problems facing the western world. Morbid obesity is when somebody has a Body Mass Index (BMI) exceeding 40, and sufferers will frequently suffer from breathlessness, excessive sweating and joint pain. They also open themselves up to a host of additional health worries, from heart disease to breast cancer. Lack of exercise is the most common cause of obesity, but there are other causes as well, including some disorders of the thyroid gland. In most cases, the only treatment needed is a reduction in calories and increased exercise. In more extreme cases, drugs can be prescribed that suppress the sufferers apetite, and as a final resort, a gastric band can be fitted which artificially reduced the sufferers stomach size.

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hello i am onli 17 years old and i weigh 14 stones i am very imserable and do not enjoy anything in life anymore i hate it. i feel breathless and cannnot motivate myself to do exercise i need help!!!!i am only 4 ft 9 aswell i need helppp

hi im 9 stone and 13 years old is this wright for my age???

hi im 16 years old and weigh nearly 16 stone. i have always been big as a child but i now think that i have got a serious problem. diabeties and other medical problems occure in my family. my gran past away nearly two years away after having a stroke and falling into a koma. she had diabeties an other problems and was a big lady and she was only 58 when she passed away. it really worries me that this was due to her size and weight and that it will happen to me. i dont eat alot but seem to pile on the pounds. i am unhapppy about my weight and size. my friends tell me that i am not fat but i know i am. i have tried to diet but does not seem to work. im embarrassed about my body which stops me from having sex with my boyfriend even though i want to. he always tells me that i look fine and he likes the way i am, and that i am cudely.i also have large breasts which i really like and would like to keep but am worried that losing weight will make my breasts smaller. my weight really brings me down and dont know what to do.
what can i do?
please help me!!!!

hi i'am 19 and over weight im 13stone 7lb and very unhappy i have a little daughter who is now startin to walk and i find it hard to run about with her as i get out of breath very easy. i don't leave the house any more because i get laughed at i have tryed dieting and weight lose pills ive also been to the doctors for help they just don't want to no. i suffer from depression and most days just feel like crawling in to the corner and dying. i cant go on like this anymore im crying out for help and don't seem to be getting it plz plz plz reply

i am 18 years old and miserably obese i have tried everything possible to lose weight since i started gaining it at around 10 years iv tried diet pills, exercise, different sorts of foods, acupuncture etc.. i am so unhappy i just want to be like normal people and do normal things i get pains everywhere in my body from just doing the smallest things.as a little girl my dream was to become a professional street dancer but even a little dancing in my living room makes me feel like having a heart attack i have been to see my doctors unlimited amount of times they say i need to loose ma weight or im going to die very soon but they wont help me i have a partner that does stand by me but it's getting to the point where i don't want to go out of the house anymore people laugh at me so i start panicking and cant breath properly my doctor has suggested getting the gastric band but im going to be on a waiting list for at least 4 years i cant wait that long my life is at risk please help me and please make me a happy teenager again i just want to live my dream

Hey girls
Firstly keep your chin up..I used to be a size six and could eat what i wanted..But a few years ago i gave up irish dancing nad my metabolism slowed down the weight piled on and i know am i size 16.I know what it feels like to wake up in the morning and not want to go anywhere or see any1 because of ur size.But girls after many failed diets i joined Weightwatchers AGAIN 4 weeks ago and have lost 18pds so far all i am doing is not eatn breadm drinks 2 litres of water a day and snackimng on fruit..U can do it if u really want to dont lose weigghtto impress anybody do it for urself and more importantly for ur hrealth.
U can do it just dont give up.
x

I posted sa coment on here a little while ago. since then ive been trying to eat healthily.
My main problem was bread, so i decided to eat less of it and eat more fruit and in under 2 weeks ive lost 8 pounds! its not really a diet because you can still eat the things that you want, but in moderation. Also try to do a lot of exercise

hi im 19 years old, im 5'3 and nearly 19 stone. I had a baby girl 7 months ago and put 5 stone on in weight and went up 4 dress sizes. I have tried all the slimming pills im allowed all the diets possible, i did used to to exercise walking and swimming but its got that bad now i dont go out its not just destroying my life its affecting my family im suffering with chest and knee problems so every day activities are not easy, please help me!

Im 16 im 5ft6 and im 17 stome and iv tryed everything and i cant seem to shift the weight and iv got high blood pressure and diabeties runs in the family so i need to lose weight quick i need help quick!

Hey I am almost 18 I am 5ft6 and just under 9 stone I used to be under 7 st earlier this year but put on weight in hospital please help me I am so unhappy and I can't stick to a diet and keep bingeing. I hate myself and self harm




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