Nowadays, obesity has become a worldwide problem that threatens human health, and this year's May 11 is the 7th "World Obesity Prevention and Control Day", doctors remind that obesity has been identified as one of the top ten chronic diseases and needs to be managed for life.
According to statistics, nearly one-third of the world's people are overweight or obese, and the number of overweight people in the mainland has reached 200 million, ranking first in the world in terms of the total number of obese. Although obesity has received more and more attention, many people have blind and non-standard intervention behaviors for weight loss, resulting in weight loss ending in failure.
"Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease, and it is related to genetic and environmental factors." According to Tan Xingrong, director of the National Standardized Metabolic Disease Management Center of the Ninth Municipal Hospital, the study found that obesity is also closely related to more than 200 diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, tumors, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and respiratory system. It may also lead to a higher risk of early death.
According to reports, under normal circumstances, the human body is in a state of equilibrium between energy intake and energy consumption, and when this balance is broken, energy intake exceeds energy consumption, resulting in excess energy, which will promote fat accumulation and obesity. Healthy adults aged 18 to 64 in mainland China have a body mass index of 18.5 to 23.9, with an index greater than or equal to 24 being overweight and an index greater than or equal to 28 being obese. Seniors over the age of 65 can have slightly higher weight and BMI. In addition, in addition to the body mass index, waist circumference is also a measurement standard, male waist circumference greater than or equal to 85 cm, female waist circumference greater than or equal to 80 cm, is the boundary of abdominal fat accumulation, called abdominal obesity.
"Obesity is a chronic disease that needs to be managed throughout life, and we mainly treat it through lifestyle, medication, and metabolic surgery." Tan Xingrong said that in life, everyone can choose a high-protein diet, a low-carb diet, and scientific exercise, but if you want to achieve ideal and lasting weight management, you also need multidisciplinary personalized treatment to achieve a more effective weight loss goal.
Reporter Tian Jishen