The reason behind excess face fat is poor diet, lack of exercise, aging, or genetic conditions. Fat is usually more visible in the cheeks, jowls, under the chin, and neck. Facial fat tends to be more noticeable in people with rounded, less-pronounced facial features.
Facial fat is the second most stubborn fat in the body. The reason behind excess face fat is poor diet, lack of exercise, aging, or genetic conditions. Check here the natural ways to get rid of face fat.
By India Today Web Desk: Facial fat is caused by weight gain. The reason behind excess face fat is poor diet, lack of exercise, aging, or genetic conditions. Fat is usually more visible in the cheeks, jowls, under the chin, and neck. Facial fat tends to be more noticeable in people with rounded, less-pronounced facial features.
Facial fat is the second most stubborn fat in the body. In most cases, even if you lose overall weight, facial fat is pretty evident. An overweight or obese person is more likely to have fat on their face than a person who maintains a healthy weight.
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Here is how to lose face fat naturally:
1. Facial exercises:
Chewing gum and even doing face exercises will result in loss of face fat. Check here some face exercises given below:
Chewing the gum is a good exercise for your jaw muscles, plus blowing it out works your cheek muscles.
Blowing balloons is a unique way to exercise your facial muscles.
Cheek lifting is a powerful exercise. It helps reduce facial fat a lot. Lift up your cheeks towards your eyes as high as you can.
Fish lips, this facial exercise strengthens your upper cheek muscles and makes your face look sculpted, slender, and young.
2. Stay hydrated:
Hydration is such a key part of everyday life and such an easy thing to do, yet something that is rarely done.
Just drinking the right amount of water can do wonders to your health and body, and specifically the face. Dink up to 3 litres of water every day.
3. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables:
The best way to lose weight in your face is to try to live a more balanced lifestyle, which includes following a balanced diet.
Eating more fruits and veggies can help maintain a good balanced and healthy lifestyle.
4. Workout:
Engaging in physical activity is the most effective way to minimize your face fat. If you lose weight, some of it will no doubt come from the face.
By working on the muscles in other parts of your body, you’ll benefit from a synergistic effect that helps to train and build muscles all over.
It’s often observed that when you are trying to lose the overall weight from your body, you lose fat from everywhere. Including your face.
5. Healthy diet:
Foods that are rich in Vitamin B-12, Vitamin D, and Omega-3 fatty acids are considered best to reduce face fat.
The right amount of fat, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and trace elements is very important if you struggling to get rid of chubby cheeks.
6. Limiting sugar and salt consumption:
Controlling your sugar and salt intake can result in reducing the water retention levels in the face. Consuming salty snacks, junk foods, and sugary desserts will result in a puffy face. Especially if you consume them before going to sleep.
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For example, an adult who weighs 70kg and whose height is 1.75m will have a BMI of 22.9. BMI values are age-independent and the same for both sexes. Compared to a normal weight status, the risk of having additional diseases (comorbidity) becomes greater with increasing overweight.
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify underweight, overweight and obesity in adults.
It is defined as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres (kg/m2).
BMI = weight (kg)
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height (m) x height (m)
For example, an adult who weighs 70kg and whose height is 1.75m will have a BMI of 22.9.
BMI = 70 (kg)
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1.75 (m) x 1.75 (m) = 22.9
BMI values are age-independent and the same for both sexes.
More:
The International Classification of adult underweight, overweight and obesity according to BMI:
BMI Weight Status less than 18.5 Underweight 18.5–24.9 Normal more than 25.0 Overweight
Overweight can be further subdivided in:
BMI Weight Status 25.0–29.9 Pre-obsese 30.0-34.9 Obese class I 35.0-39.9 Obese class II 40.00 or more Obese class III
Compared to a normal weight status, the risk of having additional diseases (comorbidity) becomes greater with increasing overweight.
To calculate your own BMI automatically (in English or metric units) see:
Related words:
Obesity
Translation(s):
Deutsch: Body Mass Index (BMI)
Español: Índice de masa corporal (IMC)
Français: Indice de masse corporelle (IMC)
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