Conditions
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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hi, im a young mum,i had my son when i was just 14.i use to be a size 8,im 5'3 i use to weigh 9 stone i was reli in to sport ect i had a great boady and now iv had my son iv put on so much weight over the last year and the half i weight 12 stone and iv beed going to gym eaqting less and eating healthy food but i cant seem to lose the weight im reli embarested about my boady i have sufferd from depreshion.and i do not know wht to do my doctor will not help me and im thinking about surgery .but i think im 2 young but b4 i know it il keep putting on weight .and im on the all time low .please help me.thanksim now 16 years of age
hi, i'm a 20 year old mum of 1, im 5'4 and 16 stone i had my son when i was 17, before i had him i was a healthy 10 stone,but now im truely stuck iv had every type of medication includind reductal and xenical and tried every diet possible but none of them have worked.The most amount of weight i have ever lost at one time was 7 pound but as soon as i stop my diet i put it al back on, please help me im at the end i cant cope with feelin like this and my confidence is so low it scares me.please help
Hey, i'm 15 and a size 10-12, i know i'm not overly fat but i hate my stomach as it is the biggest part of my body and i feel like it it sticking out of any clothes i wear, and it knocks my confidence greatly. I've tried diets and exercise yet never seem to lose weight from my stomach!! please help :(
Hi i'm 28 years old and i have been
overweight for last 4 years.
I have tried so many diets but it didnt work. I now weigh approximately 17 stones.
Could you please recommend me any diets book or send 6 – 8 weeks eating program.
Thank you anyway
hi im 26 year old female, 5ft and now at 16.4 stone, I was 17.5 stone and my doctor put me on 15mg reductil as the 10mg didnt really work. I have been on it around a year now and im just stuck at 16.4 stone. I was diagnosed with an under active thyroid after my son was born he is now 3 years old, Please help, im just stuck, an my confidence is at rock bottom
hi im 15 and i weigh 14 stone. i am a height of 5-9 and i know that i am overweight, and this knocks down my confidence especially going out with friends, and my confidence has just hit rock bottom.
girl in need of help,
xxx
i am 5 foot 8 and weight 11 stone am i fat for my age and height i think i am but my mum says im not but i want you to tell me and how can i loose weight and eat helthy to stay slim please help me thanks
hi im nick
i weight about 15.6 stone and im about 5'10 all i seem to do i eat healthy food dont get me wrong i will have a chocolate bar every now and again but not all the time.
i go gym every other day and i just dont seem to be getting rid of any weight. even tho i have lost 3 inces. please help
nick xx
hi i'm a 34 year old mother of one,with 5'7 height and 17 stone.i have always been big but i am truely at my heaviest! help! i have tried all sorts of diets. i have now decided to give one last go at a diet called the CAMBRIDGE DIET.could you please give me your thoughts on this diet? and is it safe? i have read in other books when the body thinks it's in famine it eats away at the muscle! woould that happen with this diet? please help!
Hi i am 15 years of age at the height of 4'11 and i weigh 10 stone 11. This really gets me down and depressed as all my friends are the average weight. I would love to be and i feel the odd one out. I have tryed dieting and exercising but it dose not seem to work Its shows to me that i have gained more weight and not lost it which it do not understand as i have tryed really hard and i do not no what eles i can do. It makes me really sad and i find it hard. I really want to lose weight and be healthy size and not be the fat one out of my friends as i have been named as. Would you please be able to help me .. ?
Amy
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