OVERVIEW
Overview
Overworked fat is a disease characterized mainly by weight gain caused by people’s stressful work, irregular diet, unscientific work and rest, and emotional instability. Journalists, civil servants, teachers, lawyers and IT personnel are at high risk.
Are you covered by medical insurance?
Yes
Department
Endocrinology, Nutrition
Clinical Symptoms
Overweight, emotional instability, dyspnea, motor dysfunction, etc.
Harmful effects
Large amount of fat accumulation in the body can induce type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebral vascular diseases, arthritis, etc., which seriously affects health.
Complications
Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, arthritis, etc.
Check
Body Mass Index (BMI), subcutaneous fat accumulation thickness measurement, visceral fat measurement, etc.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis can be made on the basis of clinical manifestations, usual living and working conditions, and the results of BMI, subcutaneous fat thickness, and visceral fat measurements exceeding normal standards.
Treatment principle
Change of life and work habits for mild cases, drug treatment for moderate cases, and surgical treatment for severe cases.
Cure
Through regular life and work, good diet and exercise, and medication, the disease can usually be reduced or even cured.
Dietary advice
Eat low-energy, low-fat, high-quality protein foods.
Causes
Causes
Caused by lack of sleep, unhealthy diet, irregular work and rest, insufficient exercise, and working in a sitting position for long hours every day.
Questions you may be concerned about
Causes of Overwork Obesity
The causes of overwork obesity are mainly lifestyle factors, such as unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, excessive mental stress, etc. It may also be caused by disease factors.
1. Lifestyle factors: overworked work will make people easy to hunger, increased food intake, excessive consumption of greasy, spicy and stimulating food; most of the overworked fat people have sedentary situation, lack of exercise; long-term mental stress overload environment, may cause endocrine dysfunction, and over time there will be obesity.
2. Disease factors: long-term unhealthy lifestyle, easy to induce diseases, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, diabetes, etc., may cause obesity.
Daily life should maintain a healthy lifestyle, avoid overwork, if there is a situation of overworked fat is recommended to actively reduce weight, if necessary, need to go to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor active treatment.
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Typical Symptoms
Overweight, emotional instability, and in severe cases, dyspnea, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, and motor dysfunction.
Diagnostic basis
1. Poor living habits or poor working condition, such as high work pressure, irregular diet, unscientific work and rest, insufficient exercise, etc. 2. Overweight, unstable mood, dyspnea, and motor dysfunction, etc.
Treatment
Treatment guidelines
Change of life and work habits for mild cases, drug treatment for moderate cases, and treatment through surgery for very severe cases.
Medication
In body mass index > 30 (or body mass index > 27), dietary adjustments, exercise and exercise of the therapeutic effect is not obvious, and at the same time combined with more than one kind of obesity complications can be considered the application of weight-loss drugs. Sibutramine acts centrally, suppresses appetite mainly, and increases thermogenesis, and heart rate and blood pressure need to be monitored after use. Orlistat inhibits intestinal lipase and can reduce fat intake by 30%.
Surgery
Surgery should be performed in extremely obese patients (body mass index ≥40), or severely obese patients (body mass index ≥35) with more than one obesity complication, which can rapidly alleviate the damage to health caused by obesity.
Prognosis
The prognosis of drug treatment plus lifestyle change is generally good, and weight loss can be achieved, or even return to normal weight. Surgery can achieve obesity reduction efficacy.
Nursing care
Daily care
1. Live and work regularly, don’t stay up late and keep a good mood. 2. Exercise consistently, such as walking, running, dancing, swimming, etc. 3. Strictly follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment. 4.
Diet regulation
Regular diet, using a balanced low-calorie diet, dinner calorie intake to account for 1/5 of the total calorie intake of the whole day is appropriate. The speed of eating should be slow, can drink water or soup before meal, increase vegetables and dietary fiber, eat less and more meals, less than 5 grams of salt per day, limit alcohol consumption. For those who are moderately obese or above, reduce the ratio of carbohydrates and increase the ratio of high-quality proteins.