Experts advocate scientific weight loss. China has misunderstandings about weight loss

The sharply increasing obesity index has made the phrase "I want to lose weight" popular in recent years. However, there are many misunderstandings about weight loss in China, and experts advocate scientific weight loss.

30% of urban people are overweight

The latest statistics released by the Ministry of Health show that among 100 adults in large cities, 30 are overweight and 12.3 are too obese. The obesity rate has increased by 97% compared with 1992. At the same time, Beijing is gradually becoming a city of obesity.

A survey report on Beijing residents 'weight loss and weight loss behavior shows that nearly 1/5 of Beijingers aged 1/5 to 54 are obese, and the obesity rate among primary and secondary school students has increased significantly in recent years. On average, 1 to 2 in 10 people are obese. Obesity also causes the rapid expansion of certain diseases.

It is understood that there are currently 240 million people with diabetes in the world, and there are about 50 million people in my country, ranking second in the world, and the number of patients is still growing at a rate of 3.21% per year.

Nowadays, many people confuse the concepts of "body building" and "weight loss"

The sharply increasing obesity index has made the phrase "I want to lose weight" popular in recent years. However, how to determine whether a person is obese?

Peng Lizhu, deputy chief physician of Imel Jianxiang Hospital, explained that the so-called obesity is obesity caused by excessive accumulation of fat in the body. The medical profession has always used body mass index to simply define whether weight is reasonable. Body mass index = body mass index of kg÷[height m] squared body mass index>30 is mildly obese,>35 is moderately obese, and>40 is severely obese.

Although some people are overweight, but have more muscle tissue and less fat content, they cannot be said to be obese. On the contrary, his weight was not excessive, but his fat content was too high, which cannot mean that he was not obese. Therefore, in addition to measuring body mass index, we also need to measure body fat rate, and judge whether you are obese based on different ages and genders.

Peng Lizhu said that many people still have some misunderstandings about obesity. Body mass index and body fat tests are within normal ranges, but she still thinks she is obese, especially some young girls, whose pursuit of physical beauty is very high. They advocate beautiful bones, and if you have a little subcutaneous fat, you will feel fat.

Some young women find that they have small bellies or feel fat if their legs and upper arms are thicker. This situation is a local accumulation of fat and should be called body building, not obesity. Nowadays, many people often confuse the concepts of body building and weight loss.

"Losing weight is a systematic project, there are no shortcuts"

Weng Weiliang, former chairman of the Obesity Research Society of China Health Science and Technology Society, pointed out that if your weight is within the standard range, there is no need to lose weight at all, and this is not called weight loss, but should be called "slimming." People who exceed the standard range need to lose weight, and they must go to the hospital to lose weight. First, a doctor conducts an examination to determine the cause of obesity, and then adopt different weight loss methods for symptomatic treatment.

For example, the main reason for childhood obesity is improper diet, so we advocate concentrated weight loss and adopt a comprehensive method of adjusting diet and increasing exercise. Another example is menopausal endocrine disorder obesity, which requires exercise combined with acupuncture and medication. Different ages, genders, and obesity causes, if you blindly lose weight or take the same method to lose weight, it is easy to become dangerous.

There is no shortcut to lose weight. There is only one way: control diet, increase exercise, and change bad eating habits. On this basis, if the problem cannot be solved, then cooperate with acupuncture, surgery, and medicine for treatment.

And weight loss must be persevere, step by step, from small difficulty to large difficulty, from small amount to large amount, and gradually improve. Only by gradually improving according to physical changes and improving physical fitness can you lose weight successfully.

Weng Weiliang said with emotion: "There are too many misunderstandings about weight loss nowadays. In fact, there are only two sentences I have to say. Weight loss is a medical behavior, and weight loss is a systematic project!" (Internship Editor: He Lili)