Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of cardiovascular disease! Doctors are good at teaching and reversing metabolic syndrome in obese people

Metabolic syndrome is a chronic disease. Patients with metabolic syndrome have a 2 to 6 times higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia than the general public. Therefore, it is important for doctors to identify people with abnormal health check-up values, help them understand the risk factors of metabolic syndrome (thick waist, obesity, smoking, lack of exercise, unhealthy diet), and teach patients how to self-manage the disease, which is a key to controlling the progression of the disease.

Reverse Metabolic Syndrome! 3,500 doctors guide 97,000 people in managing their health

The National Health Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Central Health Insurance Administration have jointly promoted the "National Health Insurance Metabolic Syndrome Prevention and Treatment Program" since July 2012. By the end of October 2013, 2,100 clinics and 3,500 doctors have participated in the program, providing professional guidance to 97,000 people in managing their health, especially by discussing with patients their personal chronic disease risk factors and providing professional guidance. The focus of disease management is different from the past where doctors unilaterally provide advice or take medication. Instead, it is to strengthen patients’ efforts to improve unhealthy lifestyles, jointly discuss feasible approaches and set goals to achieve them, and increase public participation and the success rate of improving diseases.

80% of people had excessive waist circumference or obesity, and more than 50% of them showed improvement after receiving management.

Metabolic syndrome is composed of three highs (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood lipids) plus two evils (excessive waist circumference and insufficient good cholesterol). If three of the five items are met, it means that you have metabolic syndrome. Among the patients currently managed by the program, more than 80% have excessive waist circumference or are obese, more than 80% have high blood pressure, 75% have high triglycerides, 70% have low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, more than 50% have high blood sugar before meals, and about 20% smoke. Doctors provide lifestyle improvement guidance based on people's health conditions, and the clinic team tracks and evaluates the improvements after 6 months. More than 50% of cases have improved their waist circumference or obesity. About 30% (28.6%) of smokers reported that they no longer smoke after management. In addition, to ensure that people develop healthy behaviors, the clinic will continue to provide regular follow-up management.

Metabolic syndrome is composed of three highs (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood lipids) plus two evils (excessive waist circumference and insufficient good cholesterol). If three of the five items are met, it means that you have metabolic syndrome.

Doctor Gai𠢕 teaches! More than 70% of people who participated in the program said they were healthier

Clinic doctors assess people's unhealthy lifestyles, provide guidance on improving risk factors for chronic diseases, and survey people's feedback on participating in the program. More than 70% said they were healthier after participating in the management, and nearly 90% believed that the health education provided by doctors and professionals was very helpful in health management. Wu Zhaojun, director of the National Health Administration, said that strengthening health education and guidance on preventing and treating chronic disease risk factors, changing people's past habit of focusing on medication when seeking medical treatment, and developing good and healthy living habits are the keys to health and longevity. The "醫師盖𠢕教" (Taiwanese homonym: 醫好好教) selection and commendation activity was jointly responded by medical groups and county and city health bureaus, recommending local physicians who have been deeply engaged in chronic disease prevention and treatment for a long time to serve as health gatekeepers for the community and help people regain a healthy life.