1. If your blood pressure is between 120/80 mmHg and 139/89 mmHg, then you have prehypertension. This means that you do not have high blood pressure now but are likely to develop it in the future.

2. Exercise is the only effective way to increase your metabolic rate. Not only do we use up calories during exercise, but the increased metabolic rate that occurs while we exercise continues for several hours afterward.

3. Measure around your waist while standing, just above your hip bones. If it is greater than 35 inches for women or 40 inches for men, you probably have excess abdominal fat. This excess fat may place you at greater risk of health problems, even if your BMI is about right.

 

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