What is Obesity? What are the dangers of obesity? How to lose weight scientifically?

1. What is obesity?

corpulentIt refers to a certain degree of significant overweight and a thick fat layer, which is a condition caused by excessive accumulation of body fat, especially triglycerides.

Criteria for assessing obesity: There are several methods, the most common ones are:Body mass indexBMI（Body Mass Index）。

BMI (kg/m2) = weight (kg) / height (m) squared. For example, if an adult weighs 70kg and is 1.70m tall, then his BMI (kg/m2) = 70/1.702=24.22。 Is this adult obese? Look at the following criteria:

Body mass index:

Note:BMI doesn't apply to everyone, and it doesn't apply to you if you:1. Under the age of 18; 2. Be an athlete; 3. Are doing weight training; 4. Pregnant or breastfeeding; 5. Elderly people who are frail or sedentary.

2. What are the causes of obesity?

(1) genetic and environmental factors;

(2) changes in substance metabolism and endocrine function;

(3) increase and hypertrophy of the number of fat cells;

(4) neuropsychiatric factors;

(5) living and eating habits;

(6) Drug-induced obesity.

3. What are the dangers of obesity?

(1) increased risk of cardiovascular disease;

(2) obesity affects the function of the digestive system;

(3) obesity affects the function of the endocrine system;

(4) obesity increases the risk of cancer;

(5) Obesity not only affects physical beauty, but also brings inconvenience to life.

(6) Joint soft tissue damage, decreased reproductive ability, psychological disorders, heart disease, diabetes, atherosclerosis, fatty liver, gallstones, edema, gout, etc.

It can be said that obesity is the source of all diseases.

4. What are the scientific ways to lose weight?

In six words, it isKeep your mouth shut and open your legs。

Keep your mouth shutIt is to eat a reasonable diet, a balanced diet, do not eat nonsense, do not eat indiscriminately, and eat in moderation and at the right time.

Step outIt is to exercise regularly and exercise moderately, and do not sit for a long time. Recommended weight loss methods are:Walking, jogging,Skipping rope, swimming, sports (playing badminton, table tennis, basketball, etc.), etc.

It is not recommended to take pills, especially diet pills.

5. What are the misunderstandings about weight loss?

1. Misunderstandings about the purpose of weight loss,The vast majority of peopleUse slimming products forMaintain a good body shapeonlyA very small number of peopleIt's forMake the body healthier。

2. Many people want to see immediate results within a month or two, and if they can't reduce it, they will immediately replace other products, in factFor a short period of timeinsideLose weight quicklybeunfavourableinhealthyTarget.

3. Regardless of 3721, as long as it is reduced in the short term, you don't understand the mechanism of action of weight loss products at allBlind use of weight loss products。

4、Only focus on the weight loss effect, not pay attention to safety。 The vast majority of people judge the quality of weight loss products by how much they can lose at a time, and only a few people mention safety issues. For taking natural healthy weight loss foods are often ignored,

The expert noted:Lose weight firstshouldConsider security, it only makes sense to lose weight if safety is guaranteed.