Obesity is prone to a variety of diseases
Core tip : obesity is one of the ten chronic diseases identified by who Obesity is one of the ten chronic diseases identified by who. With the improvement of living standards, there are more and more obese people around. Relevant data show that at present, there are 200 million overweight people and over 90 million obese people in China. The metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases caused by overweight and obesity are increasing year by year, which has become one of the main causes of harm to human health and death in today's society. The medical expenses of various diseases caused by obesity have caused heavy social and economic burden. Huang Qiya, chief physician of Qingyuan people's Hospital, said that the international standard is body mass index (BMI). The normal body mass index of women is 21-23, and that of men is 22-24. Those who exceed the normal value but lower than 28 are defined as overweight; those above 28 belong to the category of obesity. This s