What Does Having a Healthy Body Mean?

Athletes who believe in the runner's high—that the longer you run, the better it feels—like Sarah Taylor. For the past two years, she has committed herself to leading and encouraging a healthy lifestyle, documenting it all on her social media account

According to medical professionals, obesity is a worldwide epidemic as well as a chronic health issue that frequently worsens over time. Six million Canadians, or roughly 17 percent of the population, are obese. That's a significant amount. According to the Canadian Obesity Network, obesity costs the country's health care system more than four percent of its annual budget. The World Health Organization estimates that the global cost is $6 billion.

However, a lot of people, including Taylor, would object to being called a part of a “health epidemic,” claiming that a scale's numbers cannot adequately describe their general state of health. Furthermore, medical professionals have discovered in recent years that some people are obese without also having any of the health issues that are frequently linked to obesity, such as diabetes, high blood pressure,

The term is debatable at the same time. Obesity experts cannot agree on whether MHO is a transient phase of health for someone who will eventually develop chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure, or if it is a defined entity, i.e., a permanent state. The debate only heated up in September after British researchers, under the direction of University of Birmingham epidemiologist Rishi Caleyachetty and his associates,