Currently, as living standards continue to improve, the problems of overweight and obesity are spreading among the population at an unprecedented pace. Data shows that the overweight rate among adult residents in China exceeds 50%, and the obesity rate exceeds 16%.
Complications such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases caused by obesity are threatening people’s health. On May 8th, the Weight Management Center of a certain hospital was established. Experts have reminded that currently, one out of every eight people is a diabetic patient, so scientific weight loss has become extremely urgent.
The harm caused by obesity cannot be ignored. Scientific weight loss is of great significance, and the benefits it brings are also beyond imagination. Medical experts have stated that obesity not only triggers metabolic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension but may also lead to serious, life-threatening, and disabling complications, such as coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Research has found that when diabetic patients lose 5% of their weight and their blood sugar drops by 50%, they can achieve clinical remission without the need to take hypoglycemic drugs or inject insulin. When the glycated hemoglobin index reaches 6.5% within three months, it is called diabetes remission, which is what people commonly refer to as “cured.”
Experts have pointed out that scientific weight loss requires discarding extreme methods such as fasting or excessive exercise. Instead, people should focus on a balanced diet, appropriate exercise, and maintaining regular meal times. Experts also shared a shocking case: A 14-year-old dance student once suffered multiple organ damage due to extreme dieting for weight loss and was only out of danger after undergoing joint treatment by multiple disciplines. This once again reminds us of the importance of scientific weight loss.
Weight management is not a short-term diet but the starting point of lifelong health. It has been reported that the Weight Management Center adheres to the core concept of “scientific weight loss and health reshaping” and has created three distinctive services: multi-dimensional health assessment, which accurately identifies the causes of obesity through various endocrine and metabolic examinations and body fat tests; a team of experts from multiple disciplines customizes personalized intervention plans integrating “diet + exercise + behavior + medicine” for each patient; data tracking, dynamic adjustment, and long-term follow-up are achieved through WeChat group check-ins.
The center also stated that its mission is not only to help people lose weight but also to promote a healthy lifestyle. In the future, the center will focus on three major directions: prioritizing science popularization, integrating medical treatment and prevention, and driving scientific research innovation. It will enter communities, schools, and enterprises to hold public welfare lectures on obesity prevention and control and dispel “misconceptions about weight loss.” It will cooperate with primary medical institutions to establish an early screening and classification management system for obesity and conduct research on obesity to explore safer and more efficient intervention models.
“Multidisciplinary collaboration and personalized intervention are the core advantages of our center,” according to a relevant person in charge. The center has brought together experts from multiple departments, including the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Clinical Nutrition Department, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, General Surgery Department, and Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. Through multidisciplinary team collaboration, it formulates personalized intervention plans for each patient, covering a variety of methods such as traditional Chinese medicine thread embedding, exercise therapy, and rehabilitation training. For patients who require surgical treatment due to irreversible genetic or lifestyle factors, the center also provides comprehensive assessment and systematic treatment.
