| Why Losing Weight is Important |
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People try to lose weight for a number of reasons:
- You may already have a health problem that you know about, such as high blood pressure, and want to lose weight to improve your health. Other may be losing weight in order to help prevent health problems. Still others simply want to lose weight to look thinner.
For whatever reason, your Doctor may have given you information to help you lose weight. Please be assured that your Doctor discusses your weight because it is an important aspect of your overall health care Your Doctor also understands that weight management is a long-term challenge influenced by behavioral, emotional and physical factors. |
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| Three Heavy Facts |
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Excess weight can cause illness - Being overweight can be a health stress - from head to toe. The consequences are back and joint pains, venous ulcers and gall stones. Every kilo may increase the risk of hypertension, coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and cancer (especially bowel and breast cancer).
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Every extra kilo can shorten life - People who are overweight have a higher risk of dying of a heart attack than those with normal weight.
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Being overweight makes life a misery - A daily burden in many instances, being overweight means : even the smallest effort leads to breathlessness, when movement and agility are restricted and excess sweating is common. All this leads to impaired self-value.
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