The overweight rate of urban residents in my country has exceeded 30%

When introducing the fifth monitoring of nutrition and health status of China residents, Ma Guansheng said that the latest data from nutrition and health status monitoring from 2010 to 2011 showed that the overweight rate of urban residents in my country has reached about 32.4%, and the obesity rate has reached 13.2%. What is even more noteworthy is that the rate of overweight and obesity among urban children has increased significantly, while the risk of developing metabolic syndrome among overweight and obese children has a greatly increased. Judging from the prevalence of chronic diseases among urban residents, the prevalence of hypertension has increased, and the prevalence of diabetes and dyslipidemia has also increased.

After ten years of nutrition spread, the eating behavior of residents in large cities has improved to a certain extent. For example, the intake of coarse grains in large cities has increased to a certain extent, but there has not been much progress in small and medium-sized cities. Residents 'vegetable intake in large, medium and small cities has increased, while fruit intake in large cities has increased, but fruit intake in small and medium-sized cities has not improved. The salt intake of urban residents has dropped to a certain extent, but it still exceeds the standard seriously.

In terms of food intake, cereal consumption by urban and rural residents is decreasing, animal food has increased slightly, and protein intake has not changed much, but its quality has increased. From the perspective of exercise, people's travel patterns have changed significantly. The number of people traveling by car has increased, and the number of people walking or cycling has decreased significantly. The number of people exercising in their spare time increases in large cities, while the number decreases in small and medium-sized cities.

Ma Guansheng suggested that China residents should be guided and educated to have reasonable and balanced meals, and at the same time actively exercise to achieve a balance between energy payments and expenditures.

Song Jun, assistant director and director of the office of China Health Education Center, pointed out that the overall nutritional and health literacy of the public in our country is not optimistic, and the concept of balanced diet is not yet deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. On the one hand, the scientific voice of nutrition experts has not been widely disseminated; on the other hand, the public, especially young people, still does not pay enough attention to nutrition. The improvement of nutrition and health literacy is inseparable from scientific and effective health education. This year's Nutrition China activities will focus on interpreting national data, and at the same time, based on local monitoring results, prescribe targeted "nutrition prescriptions" to local residents.

The biggest constraint currently encountered in China comes from the public's low nutritional and health literacy. Therefore, supporting public nutrition and health education, improving the public's nutrition and health literacy, and guiding the public to scientifically and rationally view and use dietary supplements on the basis of achieving a balanced diet are a win-win move for the country, the public, industries and enterprises.