Does losing weight make diabetes go away?
If is important to know what is meant by being ‘chubby’. In 1998 the National Institutes of Health in the US used body mass index as a marker for future adverse health events such as premature cardiovascular disease. Your body mass index is determined by taking your weight in kilograms and dividing it by your height in meters squared. Most people are confused by this. If you type ‘body mass index’ into a search engine there are numerous sites where if you give you height in inches and your weight in pounds that will calculate your BMI. If you are an adult age 25 or older the following definitions were established by the NIH. A BMI of 18.5 to 25 is ‘normal’. A BMI of 25 to 30 is ‘overweight’. A BMI of 30 to 35 is level 1 obesity. A BMI of 35 to 40 is level 2 obesity. A BMI of more than 40 is level 3 or ‘morbid’ obesity. The risk of developing diabetes and premature cardiovascular events increases slowly above 25 but rapidly after 30 and sky-rockets above 40. If you are younger than 25 y
