With the improvement of living standards, the proportion of obese population in China has been growing. The traditional concept that obesity is good physical fitness, health, is a symbol of improved quality of life. In fact, it is not, obesity itself is a disease, is becoming one of the main reasons affecting the health of our population. Obesity can be accompanied by many diseases, such as: cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, kidney disease, diabetes, etc., especially type 2 diabetes, it and type 2 diabetes is like twin brothers, accompanied by each other, according to statistics, more than 90% of type 2 diabetes patients accompanied by obesity, so how far is obesity from diabetes?
Obesity is prone to complicate the cause of type 2 diabetes Obesity in the body metabolic disorders, abnormal accumulation of fat, will cause insulin resistance, so that the effect of insulin to lower blood sugar decreased. In order to lower blood sugar, the body will let the pancreas compensate for the secretion of more insulin, in order to maintain normal blood sugar. In the long run, the pancreas is always “overloaded” and its function will be impaired, resulting in insulin secretion not being able to compensate for insulin resistance, leading to elevated postprandial glucose, also known as hypoglycemic tolerance. If no intervention is taken at this time, the function of the pancreas will be further impaired and diabetes will occur. After the occurrence of diabetes, glucose metabolism and lipid metabolism in human body will be further disrupted, resulting in higher blood glucose, higher blood lipid and redistribution of fat, which will aggravate the degree of obesity to some extent. Thus, obesity and diabetes form a vicious circle of mutual cause and effect. Therefore, obese people are more prone to diabetes than those who are proportionate or thin, and obesity is only one step away from type 2 diabetes.
Obese people should take measures to slow down this step. First, we should face obesity and recognize that obesity is a disease that affects health.
Secondly, scientific weight reduction is crucial. The most commonly applied is behavioral therapy. The so-called behavioral therapy includes changing eating behavior, such as changing the time of eating, the speed of eating, the amount of eating, the time of chewing, and avoiding watching TV while eating or eating when you are in a depressed mood. Diet control is done by controlling the intake of fat and sugary foods, making the total calorie intake lower than the consumption while ensuring adequate intake of essential nutrients, increasing the consumption of vegetables, and avoiding sweet and fried foods. Physical exercise is considered to be the most important means to adhere to aerobic exercise for a long period of time, gradually, and choose the appropriate exercise mode and amount of exercise for yourself, such as walking, climbing, playing ball, running and other low-intensity, low-stress and more continuous exercise programs. At the same time, if you want to achieve effective weight loss, you should completely say goodbye to your past bad lifestyle and bad eating habits, and reinforce reasonable behavior and eating habits as well as scientific and reasonable exercise.
Once again, when adhering to behavioral therapy does not play any role in weight loss, drug intervention should be carried out when appropriate.
To sum up, obesity and diabetes are only one step away, so it is important to reduce weight scientifically, avoid obesity and stay away from diabetes.