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What is overweight?
Overweight arises from the increase of the body fat going beyond standard measure. To be able to lock the standard measure got different methods develops. The most important ones to two are of this:
Broca index
Normal weight = Height in cm -100
Body stocking measure index (BMI)
Body weight (kg) : Height (m)2
Both methods leave wishes, the Broca index has to be calculated lightly, however, only refers to the average sizes, against this it is suitable for all heights for the BMI is however heavy calculate.
One distinguishes between a light, strong and extreme overweight. One also calls strong overweight adiposis, extreme overweight or obesity. Overweight endangers the health and causes psychosocial and physical damages
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