Sweet burden? Apple-shaped body is more prone to diabetes

Diabetes is an invisible killer of health! Doctors remind that obesity is closely related to diabetes. As long as you lose weight appropriately, not only will the effect of blood sugar control drugs be obvious, but complications can also be reduced. However, obese people with an "apple-shaped" body should pay more attention to weight control to avoid diabetes, and they need to receive appropriate treatment based on their individual circumstances in order to stabilize blood sugar and avoid the risk of cardiovascular disease complications.

People with an apple-shaped body should pay attention to weight control to avoid diabetes.

In his new book "10 Famous Doctors Answer Your Diabetes Questions," Dr. Cai Shize, chief physician of the Department of Metabolism at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, pointed out that obesity and diabetes are closely related. According to statistics, more than half of diabetic patients are overweight or obese. Clinically, it has been found that if diabetic patients lose 3 to 5 kilograms, the efficacy of blood sugar control drugs will be significantly improved.

People with visceral obesity should be careful about developing diabetes

Of course, not all obese people will suffer from diabetes. For example, when Japanese sumo wrestlers undergo physical examinations, most of them are very healthy. Although they are large in size and have protruding bellies, it is because they have hypertrophy of subcutaneous fat rather than obesity of internal organs. In terms of obesity types, the "apple-shaped" body of a person is often the organ-type obesity that has the greatest impact on health, and is also a high-risk group for developing diabetes.

Effectively fight diabetes with a three-pronged approach of diet, exercise and medication

It is recommended that treatment must be a three-pronged approach of diet, exercise and medication. Dietary therapy, like drug therapy, is not a single method or a set of recipes that can be suitable for all patients. A nutritional treatment plan that best suits the individual must be designed based on the patient's individual condition, lifestyle, diabetes control goals, and the patient's wishes in order to effectively fight diabetes.

Clinical medicine has found that the higher the body's BMI value, the higher the prevalence of diabetes.

Dr. Cai Shize emphasized that clinical medicine has found that the higher the body's BMI value, the higher the prevalence of diabetes; in addition, people who fail to control diabetes often develop cardiovascular disease problems, so "weight loss" is also very helpful in preventing cardiovascular disease.

Morbidly obese patients can avoid cardiovascular disease

Especially for patients with "morbidly extreme obesity", if appropriate metabolic surgery is performed, the patient's blood sugar can be greatly improved and blood sugar control can be improved. Some diabetic patients have a BMI of over 35 due to morbid obesity. At this time, surgery can be used to reduce weight and effectively lower blood sugar.

Doctors remind that anyone with a family history of diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, including a thick waist circumference, high blood pressure, high fasting blood sugar, abnormal blood lipids, or a history of gestational diabetes, or women who have given birth to giant babies, or have high fasting blood sugar levels (greater than 100 mg/dL) are at high risk of diabetes.

If you belong to a high-risk group, the older you are, the higher your chance of developing diabetes. Therefore, you must implement a healthy lifestyle, pay attention to waist circumference, blood pressure, diet, exercise, etc., and participate in diabetes screening regularly for early detection. Follow-up tracking of high-risk items is equally important to avoid cardiovascular disease.

【Doctor's reminder】:

In addition to obesity, smoking and long-term stress are also risk factors for diabetes. Therefore, long-term treatment of diabetes requires appropriate treatment based on the patient's physical condition, type and severity of the disease in order to control blood sugar and reduce the occurrence of complications. Relatively speaking, it is also very helpful to save medical costs.