Can One Be Slim, But Not Fit

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Amidst the topsy-turvy work schedules and eating habits, it would not be surprising to encounter a disorder at some point of time in life. Despite all the progress made by man and medicine, health issues still manage to buffalo us. The present circumstances keep us vulnerable to several diseases and disorders that demand immediate attention. A lot of information is present through the mushrooming knowledge pool available to one and all, and to get health tips out of this pool is now far easier than it would have been a few decades ago.

The one answer that everyone has for the health question is weight management. Any knowledge regarding health is not complete if not coupled with an advice on weight loss. The translation that the network of capitalists and opportunists around you has created for the health concern is simply weight concern. When you happen to go through any health article, or any new product, they somehow manage to link weirdest of diseases and disorders to obesity.

The side effects that being overweight could have on your health are too many to enumerate. Diabetes, heart disorders, blood pressure, hypertension and many more disorders have been linked to obesity. Inviting innumerable troubles for the body, obesity could potentially reduce one to the level of being allergic to hiccups. It is not wrong to say that weight management forms a crusty part of your effort to stay fit. Being healthy has become synonymous with being right weight. But what if all the effort you put in just manages to contribute to only one side of the story and completely sideline the rest?

Weight management has found a considerable position in the total attention that we might pay to our health. For a commoner, to constantly check weight and correct it is equivalent to consistently keep healthy. But we are often mistaken when it comes to the actual definition of being fit and healthy. It would be surprising to know that the weight of the body is not an accurate indicator of the health status. Several people are not able to lose weight beyond a point, where their bodies reach a saturation point and stop responding to weight loss techniques. Interestingly, many of them have been found to have just the right statistics needed to be labeled healthy and fit.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) standard set to calibrate the body weight and height, and translate it into clear classes of obesity has come to face severe allegations recently. It is argued, that the BMI does not take into account the difference between the weight contributed by muscles and flab. The lean muscle mass is counted at the same rank as the flab mass thus mystifying the obesity classification. A person having BMI indicate overweight category might still be more fit and healthy than someone who has just the right BMI. Similarly, it must be kept in mind that pointless dieting beyond a point in pursuit of a figure that 'looks' fit must not be the priority. Develop stamina through exercise, set target for holistic improvement rather than spot reductions to cosmetically suggest fitness.