Passion fruit girl! 1 in 3 people have a high body fat percentage

"A normal BMI value does not mean that you are not fat!" An analysis of health checkup reports from five places in Asia found that the proportion of hidden obesity among Taiwanese women is high. Even if the BMI value is normal, on average one out of every three girls who do not look fat has a high body fat rate, becoming a "passion fruit" girl who is dry on the outside but juicy (fat) on the inside. To avoid becoming a "passion fruit type", you should do more aerobic exercise every day. You must sweat and feel out of breath to be considered effective exercise.

A health management center conducted a survey on 120,283 subjects in five Asian regions, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Malaysia, and found that "overweight" (BMI>23 kg/m2) has topped the list of "Top Ten Health Warnings" for 10 consecutive years. Looking at the regions, Beijing has the highest obesity rate, at 59.4%, followed by Malaysia at 57.5%, Taiwan at 51.8%, Shanghai at 51.7% and Hong Kong at 41.9%. In summary, on average, one out of every two people is a fat man or a fat woman.

"Hidden obesity" is quietly eroding health, and women aged 19 to 34 should pay special attention. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)

The survey also found that Shanghai women have the highest rate of hidden obesity, accounting for 38.1%, followed by Malaysia, Beijing, Taiwan and Hong Kong; even though Taiwan ranks fourth, the rate is still 28.2%, which means that one in every three women is hidden obese.

Zhang Yingkuan, director of the Health Management Center, said that "hidden obesity" is quietly eroding health, and women aged 19 to 34 should pay special attention. In particular, women have a higher rate of "hidden obesity" than men, and women aged 45 to 54 are almost 6.5 times that of men of the same age.

Based on the different distribution of fat, the body shape can be divided into 5 fruit types, namely the "apple type" with fat accumulated in the abdomen, the "pear type" with fat accumulated in the buttocks and thighs, the "peach type" distributed all over the body, the "banana type" with a straight body shape, and the "passion fruit type" with hidden obesity.

![The health manager demonstrated aerobic exercise, emphasizing that one must sweat and feel out of breath for more than 15 minutes to be considered an effective aerobic exercise.

Zhang Yingkuan emphasized that being overweight or having a high rate of hidden obesity means that modern people eat more and exercise less. In particular, hidden obesity, which does not show obesity on the outside but has high visceral fat, is often caused by a clear lack of exercise.

Women often control their diet to lose weight, but even if they don’t eat much, if they lack exercise, it is still easy for them to accumulate fat in their bodies and become "puff girls". Although their BMI value is normal or even low, their body fat is frighteningly high. In particular, many people only use "eating less" to lose weight. Although this may lead to a temporary decrease in weight, it is easy to gain weight again if you are not careful.

![Zhang Yingkuan, director of the Health Management Center, said that "hidden obesity" is quietly eroding health, and women aged 19 to 34 should pay special attention.

If you want to avoid becoming a "passion fruit type", you should do more aerobic exercise every day. You have to sweat and feel out of breath for more than 15 minutes to be considered an effective aerobic exercise. If you just walk without breathing, even if you walk for 1 to 2 hours, it will be useless. It is necessary to combine aerobic exercise to speed up metabolism in order to burn fat and achieve the goal of long-term weight control.