China News Service, Tianjin, May 11th: World Obesity Day – “Keep your mouth shut and stretch your legs” is the core of a healthy weight
“At present, the obesity rate in Tianjin has reached nearly 17%, and the overweight rate has reached nearly 50%. Obesity is a disease, and its prevalence is increasing in modern society.” May 11 It is World Obesity Prevention Day. At 12:30 at noon, Liang Xiaoyu, deputy chief physician of the Bariatric Surgery Department of the General Surgery Department of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, has just completed a bariatric surgery. around the table.
According to the 2020 Report on Nutrition and Chronic Diseases of Chinese Residents, the overweight and obesity rates of adults over 18 years old are 34.3% and 16.4%, respectively, and the total has exceeded 1/2 of the national population. In the traditional concept of most people, they just think that obesity affects the body and is a matter of beauty. However, obesity is a disease defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is a “source of all diseases” that can induce many diseases.
“According to the WHO data, the first cause of all-cause mortality in humans is not malignant tumors as many of us think. Chronic diseases such as vascular disease, these chronic diseases are highly correlated with obesity.” Liang Xiaoyu said.
“Obesity treatment is a comprehensive process. Health education, behavior management, nutritional support, exercise support, psychological support, drug assistance, and surgical assistance are called the ‘seven carriages’ of obesity treatment,'” The seven carriages do not work alone, they complement each other, but the most fundamental thing is still the adjustment of lifestyle.” Liang Xiaoyu said, “Keep your mouth shut and open your legs”, already when it comes to losing weight It’s an old saying that for some moderately and severely obese patients, it is indeed necessary to give targeted assistance according to the situation, but in the long run, it is still based on the adjustment of lifestyle. It is the core of maintaining a healthy weight.
It’s too hard to say “shut your mouth and stretch your legs”! Losing weight is so hard! But how difficult? Liang Xiaoyu summed up three major difficulties.
The first is the trouble of calculating calories. The key to successful weight loss is to strictly control calories and create a calorie gap. It is necessary to master the total calories ingested and consumed throughout the day. This is a problem for many people. It is undoubtedly troublesome.
The second is the influence of emotions on behavior. Strict diet control will have a significant impact on people’s emotions and psychology. Especially when carbohydrates are strictly controlled, emotions will become relatively sensitive, which also Increased probability of emotional eating.
The third is that in order to maintain a lasting stability in weight, it is necessary to strictly control the diet. It is not easy to do it for many years. All methods of weight loss, including surgery, are not easy. Possibly once and for all.
“The behavior of each of my patients needs to be changed fundamentally, except for patients with a large weight base, it is not suitable to lose weight through strenuous exercise in the early stage. In addition to weight, for most people who need to lose weight, ‘shut your mouth and stretch your legs’ is the fundamental secret to losing weight. Our department’s outpatient service lasts at least 20 to 30 minutes, which is longer than that of many outpatient internal medicine doctors. “Liang Xiaoyu said that in order to really make patients change their behavior, they must make fundamental changes in their cognition. Except for patients with a large weight base, it is not suitable to lose weight through strenuous exercise in the early stage of weight loss. For most people who need to lose weight, “shut your mouth and stretch your legs” is the fundamental secret to losing weight. (End)