Obesity (The most common definition of obesity is more than 25 percent body fat for men and more than 32 percent for women.) is a disease affecting majority of urban population in the world. The continuing increase in the prevalence of obesity due to sedentary life-style & faulty eating habits, coupled with evidence that prevention or management of obesity can improve health status, provides the impetus for the development of healthy eating & living habits in our society.

Obesity (The most common definition of obesity is more than 25 percent body fat for men and more than 32 percent for women.) is a disease affecting majority of urban population in the world. The continuing increase in the prevalence of obesity due to sedentary life-style & faulty eating habits, coupled with evidence that prevention or management of obesity can improve health status, provides the impetus for the development of healthy eating & living habits in our society.

But, isn’t it natural to gain weight with aging?

Yes, in fact, an average urban adult gains at least one pound a year after age 25. Think about it! If you're like most urban adults, by the time you're 50, you're likely to gain 25 pounds of fat, or more. In addition, your metabolism is also slowing down, causing your body to work less efficiently at burning the fat it has. At the same time, if you don't exercise regularly, you lose a pound of muscle each year. Consequently, people are not only increasing their body fat stores, increasing their risk of disease, but they're also losing muscle, increasing the risk of injury, decreasing activity performance, and further slowing down metabolism.