With a BMI of 30 to 35 you're now medically classified as obese - this means you're at high risk of weight related illness, such as:

Heart disease

Diabetes

Arthritis

Infertility

Miscarriage

Asthma

Fatty liver disease

Cancer

But if you can lose even just a little weight your risk will drop - Just a five per cent weight loss (from 80kg to 76kg) has been shown to significantly reduce the health risks associated with obesity, such as reducing your cholesterol levels and blood pressure and giving you better blood sugar control.

To have a BMI over 35 is considered as being very obese and this means that obesity-related illnesses could severely affect the quality of your life and shorten your lifespan by several years. Yet even now it’s not too late to do something about it. Improved fasting insulin and thus glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes, even coming off the medication you may take for diabetes or blood pressure is possible if you can lose some weight. You should see your doctor and talk about getting help.

If your BMI has reached 40 or more you're ‘morbidly obese’ - you will be 80 times more likely to develop type two diabetes than someone with a normal BMI, your lifespan will be shortened by over ten years and your quality of life will be reduced in many ways.

If you're obese you may have lost control of your eating habit, so gaining control is the first step back to a normal healthy lifestyle. Tips to help you, which won’t make you feel hard done by, include: