Weight Control and Health

*When it comes to nutrition, it's easy to spend a lot of time worrying about what to eat. But how much you eat puts an even greater stamp on your long-term health than picking the right kind of fats or choosing exactly the right mix of vitamins.

How much you weigh (in relation to your height), your waist size, and how much weight you've gained since your mid-20s strongly influence your chances of:

- dying early
- having, or dying from, a heart attack, stroke, or other type of cardiovascular disease
- developing diabetes
- developing cancer of the colon, kidney, breast, or endometrium
- having arthritis
- developing gallstones
- being infertile
- developing asthma as an adult
- snoring or suffering from sleep apnea, or
- developing cataracts.*

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*Information from Harvard school of public health. May 24th, 2005