Overweight has become a major disorder today. Everyone knows that overweight persons experience higher risk of hardened arteries, heart attacks and strokes. There are many patients affected with disorders like heart disease, arthritis, diabetic, asthma, and knee joint pain due to their prolonged overweight.

It was two years ago, Phill Novak weighed about 387 pounds. He was affected with diabetic, high blood pressure and high cholesterol level too. “I’ve never been happier in my life!” says Novak - CNN report from north Braddock of Pennsylvania.

He wanted to reduce his weight to save his remaining life. Walking made his life easier. “I walked off my first 100 pounds,” “Walked it off, an hour a day. I lost 100 pounds in seven months.” He says.

Can weight loss plans reduce cardiovascular risk factors?

“Obesity is associated with cardiovascular disease,” said Yunsheng Ma who serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine in the University of Massachusetts Medical School - UMMS. So, weight loss seems to be vital one to control the risk factors of cardiovascular disorders. “Weight-loss plans should facilitate cardiovascular risk reduction.” Ma added.

Obese teenagers who have achieved the best results of weight loss were medically supervised in a weight control program by researchers from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Researchers found that the teenager’s bone mineral content increased over that period of the research. This is an assuring finding, because adolescence period is important for bone health in later life. “The bone mineral content continues to increase in this adolescent population despite weight loss” say the researchers of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Can yoga, diet and exercise help to reduce your weight?

This is pleasant news to know that Yoga can help to reduce your weight. Baba Ramdev assures weight loss for his yoga participants in Dubai. The workshop organizers said “focus would be on yogic cure through meditation and the breathing techniques”

You can reduce your weight through physical exercise and diet plans. “Patients can lose weight with most dietary plans” - a statement from research study concluded by Sherry Pagoto, PhD, UMMS assistant professor of medicine.

Physical activities more than two times a week protects adolescents from overweight – says the study investigator Dr. Robert Wm. Blum from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Body weight recommendations are calculated according the height of our body. If you are exceeding from the normal weight, the dieticians can give you a better suggestion to reduce your weight through recommended foods.

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