Maintain a Healthy Weight


Reaching and maintaining a healthy weight is good for your overall health and will help you prevent and control numerous diseases and conditions. An increase in weight also increases a person's risk for heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, gallbladder disease, gynecologic disorders, arthritis, some types of cancer, and even some lung problems. Furthermore, maintaining a healthy weight has many benefits, including feeling good about yourself and possessing more energy.

A person's weight is the result of many things, such as:
height
genes
metabolism
behavior
environment

Maintaining a healthy weight requires finding a balance of energy. You must balance the calories you get from food and beverages with the calories you use to keep your body going and being physically active.

If the same amount of calories are consumed as are burned over time, your weight will stay the same.

If more calories are consumed than are needed and/or burned over time, you will gain weight.

If more calories are burned than are consumed over time, you will lose weight.

Your energy that is spent and calories consumed do not have to balance exactly every day. It's the balance over time that will help you to maintain a healthy weight in the long run.

Use the Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center Wellness Calories Burned per Activity Calculator to discover approximately how many calories you burn doing various activities. You can also refer to the BMI Calculator for assistance figuring out if you are underweight, overweight, or within a normal weight range.