I read an article on the risk of been thin. I was amazed that something so admired and cherished can also be disastrous. Slim is beautiful. Slim is admired. Slim is money and for so many others in society "it's the in-thing". We are so caught up with been slim, so many have gone extra miles with surgery, some others captives of depression. The reality is, slim people are at a higher risk of acquiring fat related diseases than fat people. Not been fat puts one in more danger, thus stating that one is slim with less chances of acquiring fat related diseases is not telling ourselves the truth. When excess carbohydrates and fatty food are consumed, chances of our body storing the excess is certain.
The question is, I am not fat, what are my chances of been victimised by fat related diseases as cardiovascular. We should be aware that fat are stored in different parts of our body. Some under the skin(cutaneous) are much more safer and some others in our organs(visceral) such as our liver, kidney, heart etc. This is more dangerous, harmful and deceptive because on the outside one looks slim but on the inside more is been destroyed.
The answer is, we should make checking our weight regularly a priority to enable the calculation of body mass index to determine if one is underweight, overweight or even obese and in cases beyond the ordinary, working out and other measures should be taking to include counselling and meeting with a nutrionist.
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