Obesity Support

As per the World Health Organization (WHO),

“Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health.”

The most widely used method to check if you’re a healthy weight is body mass index (BMI).

BMI is a measure of whether you’re a healthy weight for your height and is commonly used to classify overweight and obesity in adults. It is defined as a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of his height in meters (kg/m2).

BMI is not used to diagnose obesity because people who are very muscular can have a high BMI without much fat.

For most people, BMI is a useful indication of whether they’re a healthy weight.

People with a South Asian, Chinese, other Asian, Middle Eastern, Black African or African-Caribbean family background are prone to central adiposity and their cardiometabolic risk occurs at lower BMI.

For South Asian people:

• Overweight: BMI 23 kg/m2 to 27.4 kg/m2
• Obesity: BMI 27.5 kg/m2 or above

Consequences of being obese / overweight:

• An obese patient is 20% or more heavier than their ideal weight.
• Excess body weight is an important public health problem because it is associated with:
  • type II diabetes mellitus
  • hypertension and stroke
  • hyperlipidaemia
  • some cancers

At Woodlands Health Centre Islamabad, we have access to an experienced nutritionist to support our overweight and obese clients with their weight management, in addition to pharmacological interventions.

At Woodlands Health Center, we are pleased to introduce the lnBody270 which provides crucial information about body composition beyond the typical parameters of weight and height. 

“InBody Test results can be used as an indicator for proper prescription by monitoring your health status in many areas such as obesity, nutrition, rehabilitation etc. Providing a smart healthcare service with high technology and helping everyone live a healthier life, that’s the great mission of InBody.”