Is weight a measure? 3 numbers determine the distance between health and three highs

Mr. Lin, 52, is married and has a young son. He loves him in middle age. In order to facilitate the care of his family, he is engaged in starting a train. Mr. Lin has a habit of drinking and is overly fat, overly thick waist, hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia, but because of no inappropriateness, he has not changed his habit of life.

It was not until the team held a health check for employees that they found that the kidney function had declined. If the three highs and quit drinking, they might not be able to successfully accompany the child to grow up. Only then did Mr. Lin feel surprised that for the sake of his family, he should pay close attention to his health and start to control his blood pressure, body weight and waist.

According to statistics, in every four men in Taiwan, one is overweight or obese; the prevalence rate of 1 in every five women is overweight or obese; the chronic disease risk factor related to abdominal obesity is 30%.

Care about family health, don’t talk sour again

. What kind of help do family members give to these fat people? According to the Millennium Love Health Foundation's "Taiwan Family Health Management Awareness and Behavior" survey, family members like to express their health problems related to their figure by mockery or ridicule, and about 56% of visitors said they had been sour and sour words from their families because of their figure.

Wu Zhixing, attending physician of the Family Medicine Department of Chengda Hospital, said that more than half of the visitors were called "fatty", "fat pig", "big butt", "a few months pregnant" when they became fat; and once they were identified as having a fat figure, they would be said to "dare to eat" or "not taking care of the lens" to talk about the other party's blessings.

However, because most of the relatives around me only spoke one mouthful, they were not very concerned about it, such as moving together, asking for consultation or taking medical treatment, so even if you know that your figure is out of shape or may cause health problems, nearly 60% of the visitors still have cold treatment for obesity and have not improved significantly.

The waist is eighty or ninety, and health can be maintained regularly. The "waist" is the most susceptible to language attacks. Even so, 75% of people still measure their figure by "measurement" or pay attention to their body shape by using the size of their clothes. Only less than 15% of people will choose "measurement of waist", indicating that the public's awareness of weight and BMI cannot fully show abdominal obesity, and is still very weak.

Wu Zhixing pointed out that the waistband is not accurate when evaluating the waistband with a pants, because the pants are low and the clothes are flexible, which can easily cause errors. Usually, it is too much for the pants to be pulled up. It is recommended to measure the waist regularly to keep a healthy waist standard "for women no more than 80 cm and for men no more than 90 cm", which is the only way to master healthy body.

He explained that "waist" is no longer a problem with body shape, but a "distance between health and the three highs". The larger the waist, the more fat you have in the internal organs, the higher the risk of suffering from symptom! This is also the main reason why we need to continue to advocate "a 80 or 90-year-old and maintain health".

In addition, in addition to the waist, the body also contains other health indicators. You may wish to use the "family health ruler" to measure it regularly. Wu Zhixing proposed the concept of "new three health areas", including "waist", "button areas" and "calf areas", to protect health in all aspects.

Use the "rule" to measure health and cultivate the new three-dimensional concepts of health

waist

• the easiest way to determine the internal fat accumulation from the appearance. Abdominal obesity means that there is too much internal fat accumulation, and the thick waist can represent fat distribution. If there is a lot of internal fat, it is easy to lead to abnormalities in the kidney, resulting in an increase in the incidence of hormone syndrome and cardiovascular diseases.

• Standard: Women should not exceed 80 cm, men should not exceed 90 cm; Measurement method: 1. Remove the waist and cover clothes, stand gently, and your hands will sag naturally. 2. Route the tape measure over the waist and adjust the height so that it can pass through the upper pelvis (superboneous bone) on the left and right sides to the middle point of the ribs. Pay attention to the tape measure being flat with the ground, tightly but not pressing on the skin. 3. Maintain normal breathing. When the air is over, measure the waist.

waist-to-hip ratio

• can be used to understand your own fat distribution and determine whether there is any abdominal obesity problem. If the waist-to-hip ratio is too large, it means that the internal fat will increase inflammation and cause chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, etc., which is a more stringent index than the waist.

• Standard: Women should not exceed 0.85, men should not exceed 0.9

• Measuring method: waist measurement method is as above; hip measurement is measured by the widest position of the hip. The calculation method is: waist/hip

calf

• muscle mass is closely related to physical health and can be used as an index to evaluate muscle mass. It is also an important indicator for the elderly to evaluate "sarcopenia". Sarcopenia can be said to be a major factor in disability in the elderly, and even causes an increase in the risk of death.

• Standard: Normal men are larger than 34 cm and women are larger than 32 cm

• Measuring method: This measurement must be assisted by others. Sitting on a chair, step on the floor with your feet relaxed, your legs reaching 90 degrees, and use a measuring ruler to measure the thickest position of your calves.