VOCABULARY EXAMPLE

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VOCABULARY EXAMPLE
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BMI

• Body mass index (BMI) is measure of body fat
  based on height and weight that applies to both
  adult men and women.
• BMI is a reliable indicator of total body fat,
  which is related to the risk of disease and
  death.
• The score is valid for both men and women but it
  does have some limits. The limits are
• It may overestimate body fat in athletes and
  others who have a muscular build.
• It may underestimate body fat in older persons
  and others who have lost muscle mass.

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DISEASES

• Obesity can lead to the following diseases
• high blood pressure (hypertension)
• high LDL-cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol)
• high triglycerides
• high blood glucose (sugar or diabetes)
• degenerative arthritis
• cancer
• gallstones
• heart attacks and strokes
• sleep disorders

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OBESITY

• Obesity is an excess of body fat frequently
  resulting in a significant impairment of health.
  Obesity results when the size or number of fat
  cells in a person's body increases. A
  normal-sized person has between 30 and 35 billion
  fat cells. When a person gains weight, these fat
  cells first increase in size and later in number.
  One pound of body fat represent about 3500
  calories.

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CONSEQUENCES

• There are harrowing social consequences to
  obesity.  There is discrimination in all areas of
  life.  People are perceived as lazy, gluttonous,
  weak and having no self control. It has been said
  that obesity is the last socially acceptable form
  of prejudice. Even airlines are trying to charge
  more to obese customers.

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