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Poor eating has a direct impact on our health and being overweight can stop us from being our best. If you’re not eating well, your body struggles to stay in balance. Rather than giving you energy, it can drain you – leaving you feeling tired.

Being overweight is when your weight is above the healthy weight range for your height, and for many people this might be around 5–15 kilograms above their usual weight. Obesity is when weight gain is considerably higher again, and could be more than 20 kilograms above your usual healthy weight.

Ask yourself if you have gained five kilograms or more in the last five years; if the answer is yes, consider making changes to your food and activity right now.

Overweight and obesity are considered serious problems that will increase the chances of developing a number of diseases.

Some health problems linked with obesity:

Type 2 diabetes
gall bladder disease
high blood cholesterol and triglycerides
high blood pressure
osteoarthritis
some cancers
impaired fertility
low back pain.

If you’re serious about improving your lifestyle, now is the time to improve what and how much you eat. Healthy eating helps you keep up your energy, gives you a stronger immune system, improves your state of mind, decreases your risk of disease, helps you lose weight and makes you happier.

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