Obesity
as incurable disease
Presently, with state of art treatments, is impossible for the majority of obese people to reach and maintain a normal weight.
The best no-surgical cures will allow a weight-lost lower than a 10% of the obese weight.
On the other side, it has been proven by many researches that a lost between 5%-10% can determine great improvements of the medical conditions associate to the obesity, inclusive at psychological level.
From scientist, based on result of their research, the probability of an obese person to attain a normal weight or 5% weight reduction are very slim, less than 1%.
Prevention is the key to save next generations.
Global
Death
In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight, of these over 650 million were obese.
Most of the world’s population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.
Global
Trends
Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975
China
Overweight and obesity
In China, ‘The 2020 Report on Chinese Residents’ Chronic Diseases and Nutrition,’ showed that the average weight of adult men (69.9 kilograms) and women (59 kilograms) increased by 3.4 kilograms and 1.7 kilograms, respectively, over the past five years. The trend for children is alarming as 20% of children aged 6 to 17 are obese.
Healthy China 2030 (健康中国2030 ) has four principles: health as a priority, innovation, scientific development where clearly there is a stress on prevention and control as well as fairness and justice. It has also 13 cores, the fifth indicator of health level of the population will be the proportion of the people meeting the national physique standard among urban and rural residents; for healthy life there is importance in growing literacy and awareness and taking part to physical activity; and also, to measure the premature mortality due to major no-communicable diseases (obesity linked).
Four of the 13 cores are directly linked to people healthy lifestyle and obesity prevention.
Obesity treatment
Currently available
The simultaneous presence of practice other chronic diseases is requiring a stronger treatment that what is required for a healthy person with the same BMI
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | ||||||
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| Standard | WHO | 25-26 | 27-29,9 | 30-34,9 | 35-39,9 | >40 |
| Standard | China | 24-25,9 | 26-27,99 | 28-32,9 | 33-37 | >38 |
| Treatment | Overweight | I Obesity | II Obesity | III Obesity | ||
| Lifestyle modification |
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| Medications | with comorbidity | |||||
| Rehabilitation in clinics | with comorbidity | |||||
| Surgery | with comorbidity | |||||
Lifestyle
changing methodology
A cognitive-behavioral methodology to lifestyle changing aiming for a person to attain his/her own wellness and weight management over the time, has four critical components and phases:
Prepare to change lifestyle
