12 Mar 09 EATING AND WEIGHT CONTROL: OVERWEIGHT AND UNDERWEIGHT
At one time or another, almost everybody asks, ‘Should I go on a diet?’ Scientific estimates made in different countries indicate that one fifth of people over 30 years of age—and undoubtedly a large number of younger people—are overweight.
Anyone who is markedly underweight or overweight is suffering from a kind of illness. By definition, an obese person weighs 30 per cent or more over what he should. Even if you are not that much overweight, you should be alert to the potential troubles that may lie ahead. The obese person may suffer from one or more of the following: (1) an overworked heart and circulation; (2) shortness of breath; (3) a tendency to high blood pressure; (4) a tendency to diabetes; (5) poor adjustment to hot weather and changes of temperature; (6) increased strain on joints and ligaments, often leading to chronic back and joint pains; (7) reduced capacity for physical exertion and sometimes for mental work; (8) increased susceptibility to infectious disease; and (9) personality problems. Most serious of all: medical evidence shows that overweight shortens the span of life itself.
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