Know your metabolic risk with this free metabolic meter

If you are a bit overweight or obese, or just have tummy fat, you may want to know your metabolic risk.

Thanks to the free online tools such as the W8MD's metabolic syndrome meter, you can know know your risk of metabolic problems with 5 easy steps.

With just a few simple questions answered, you can get an idea about your risk and learn about ways to change it.

Excess body weight an increase the risk of up to 50 medical problems including:
prediabetes diabetes
✔cardiovascular disease or stroke
✔ hypertension or high blood pressure
✔ high cholesterol, especially high triglycerides and low good cholesterol
✔ gallbladder disease
✔ many types of cancer such as colon, breast, uterine and prostate cancers
✔ osteoarthritis
✔ sleep apnea
and many more.

Benefits of weight loss

According to Dr. David Katz, MD, MPH, director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center and of the Yale Preventive Medicine Center - a lot of the chronic medical problems we are dealing with are preventable!

90% of all diabetes

80% of heart disease

and 60% of cancers

are preventable!

How do I know if I am overweight or obese?

BMI is a tool that is often used to determine whether a person’s health is at risk due to his or her weight.

It is a ratio of your weight to your height. Use an online body mass index tool to learn about your BMI A BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is considered healthy, a BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight, and a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese.

How can W8MD Medical Weight Loss Centers Program Help?

Did you know that the new Affordable Care Act Passed in September, 2010 mandates all insurances, including Medicare, to provide full insurance coverage for obesity screening and treatment for all adults?

W8MD's weight loss, sleep, aesthetic & IV nutrition programs

W8MD’s insurance physician weight loss program can help. Learn more…

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