World Obesity Day
World Obesity Day is celebrated on 11 May every year.
Obesity has become one of the most serious public health problems in the world, and the latest "Global Obesity Map 2023" released by the World Obesity Association shows that by 2035, more than 4 billion people in the world will be obese or overweight, accounting for 51% of the global population.
There are 200 million overweight people and more than 120 million obese people in China, and the number of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease caused by overweight and obesity is increasing year by year, and the trend is younger.
In order to cope with the increasing number of obese people year by year, experts called for the establishment of May 11 as the "World Obesity Prevention and Control Day".
Obesity not only affects aesthetics, but also brings three deadly hazards, namely: tumors, diabetes and polycystic ovary disease. For example, if the waist-to-hip ratio is greater than 0.77, the prevalence of breast cancer will be 6 times larger than normal, so people with thicker waistlines need to be extra vigilant.
However, it should be noted that preventing obesity is not the same as creating body anxiety. Whether you are fat or not depends on these two sets of numbers.
1. Look at the body mass index, also known as BMI.
For adults aged 18 and above, a BMI between 18.5 and 24 is normal, and a BMI greater than 28 is obese.
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2. Look at the waist circumference.
Men with a waist circumference of no more than 85 cm and women with a waist circumference of no more than 80 cm are not called obesity.
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In general, mild simple obesity can achieve better weight loss results as long as you eat appropriately and exercise consistently.
Moderate obesity, especially the elderly, poor physique, and obese people who do not exercise much, in addition to strictly controlling their diet and strengthening physical exercise, they can also add some traditional Chinese medicine liver protection tablets, which can not only promote lipid metabolism, but also prevent fatty liver while protecting the liver and protecting the liver, and can receive certain effects in assisting weight loss.
If it is secondary obesity, you should go to a specialized hospital and ask a professional doctor to diagnose and treat the primary disease.
To prevent and treat obesity, we must have perseverance and understand science.
Anyone who has lost weight knows that the most important thing to lose weight is to lose fat. The metabolism of fat is transformed by entering the mitochondria, during which the participation of lipid-burning hormone is required, and with fat-burning hormone, it can help our fatty acids enter the mitochondria to complete the metabolism.
Lipid-burning is actually carnitine, and its role is to transport fatty acids and prevent fatty acids from accumulating in cells. Under normal circumstances, there is no shortage of lipid-burning hormone in the human body, but some obese groups, in the case of only focusing on the dietary principle of high protein and low fat, will lead to a lack of carnitine, simply put, eat less meat.
Because, most of the carnitine comes from red meat, that is, beef and lamb or lean tenderloin. If you only eat vegetarian vegetables, fruits, or ordinary white meat during weight loss, the fat burner in the body will decrease, and the fat will directly convert nutrients into fat outside the cells, eventually leading to fat accumulation. Therefore, if you lose weight without eating meat, the effect is reduced.
In addition, a high intake of omega-3, also known as unsaturated fatty acids, can help the body inhibit fat synthesis. Fat cannot be broken down into small molecules that can be easily absorbed by the intestines, so it has to be excreted with feces, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of obesity.
In fact, healthy lifestyle habits and moderate exercise are the "nirvana" to control obesity. I hope we can all have a healthy mind and body, and not just blindly pursue slimming.