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Six dangerous effects of being obese and how to manage them

Overweight is also scientifically referred as obesity and usually caused when you eat more calories on regular basis than you burn them through exercise or doing physical activities, these extra calories produced accumulate over time leading to you being obese. Overweight can cause cardiovascular or heart diseases which can lead to death.

When you are obese then your body mass index(BMI) 30 or more. BMI is scientifically calculated by taking a person’s weight and height into ration into considerations.

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