Hi, everyone. I met a 15 year old female who weighed 102kg with a BMI of 35.2 (Grade 2 Obesity) very recently where I earn a source of living. The particularly touching matter was that she had come for follow up. She was being managed for hypertension- elevated blood pressure. This thread is meant to serve as an eye-opener for us all. If we don't watch what we eat, what we eat might kill us! Home made meals are no longer the in-thing. We consider eating junk a form of status statement. We consume alcohol like our lives depend on it. Majority of us lead sedentary lives. All these factors compounded by a positive family history of hypertension can be likened to one sitting on a keg of gunpowder waiting to explode. Not only 40 year olds develop the condition. There's an entity referred to as 'childhood hypertension' -another story for another day. Be mindful of what you eat, drink little or no alcohol and more of water, exercise consistently ( u Could dance to a song in your room for 30mins) and watch your weight. The normal BMI is 18.5 - 24.nine. Below 18.5 you are underweight and above 24.nine) one is overweight and so on and so forth. A quick way to know yours is to know ur height in metres. Raise it to the power of 2, then divide it by your weight. What you get is your BMI. Finally, monitor your blood pressure regularly. Walk in to any hospital and ask any of the beautiful nurses to help check it. I hope this helps someone. Thanks.

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Hi, everyone. I met a 15 year old female who weighed 102kg with a BMI of 35.2 (Grade 2 Obesity) very recently where I earn a source of living. The particularly touching matter was that she had come for follow up. She was being managed for hypertension- elevated blood pressure. This thread is meant to serve as an eye-opener for us all. If we don't watch what we eat, what we eat might kill us! Home made meals are no longer the in-thing. We consider eating junk a form of status statement. We consume alcohol like our lives depend on it. Majority of us lead sedentary lives. All these factors compounded by a positive family history of hypertension can be likened to one sitting on a keg of gunpowder waiting to explode. Not only 40 year olds develop the condition. There's an entity referred to as 'childhood hypertension' -another story for another day. Be mindful of what you eat, drink little or no alcohol and more of water, exercise consistently ( u Could dance to a song in your room for 30mins) and watch your weight. The normal BMI is 18.5 - 24.nine. Below 18.5 you are underweight and above 24.nine) one is overweight and so on and so forth. A quick way to know yours is to know ur height in metres. Raise it to the power of 2, then divide it by your weight. What you get is your BMI. Finally, monitor your blood pressure regularly. Walk in to any hospital and ask any of the beautiful nurses to help check it. I hope this helps someone. Thanks.

There is no substitute for an active lifestyle. Eat less and move more. Also eat the right foods in the right quantity and proportion

Very informative. It is pertinent that we watch what we eat and drink, our lifestyles.
Let me point something out here, BMI is not an absolute way of knowing whether one is obese, overweight or underweight. My BMI is in the region of 25 but i am nothing close to being overweight. The BMI "thing" does not work for athletes and body-builders. Moreover lean muscle-mass weighs far more than fats.