When Excess Weight Kills Desire

Simple carbohydrates include baked foods, soda and sugars. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Eric Amunga’s weight was fluctuating between 68 and 75 kilogrammes for most of his adult life. Actually, the most he had weighed was 78 kgs.

But then he picked up a habit of eating frequently, and having a lot of simple carbohydrates in his diet, even when he was not hungry and in no time, his weight ballooned to 117 kgs with body mass index (BMI) of 43, way above the recommended 29.

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