Big eater! 38% of Chinese people eat more than usual during Spring Festival

The period after the Chinese New Year is the peak season for losing weight, as can be seen from the large crowds that have recently appeared in the gyms and swimming pools of sports centers. According to the "Survey on Weight Control during the Spring Festival" conducted by the National Health Bureau of the Department of Health from January 16 to 19, 2011 in 22 counties and cities across the country (with a sample size of 1,077 people aged 18 and above), it was found that 38% of the people ate more than usual. The proportion of people who eat more than usual for three meals is 36%. 47% of people eat more cookies, candies and snacks than usual, 20% drink more beverages than usual, but 43% exercise less than usual.

When the body consumes 7700 calories, it will lose 1 kg of weight. If you reduce your daily calorie intake by 500 calories, or reduce your food intake by 300 calories and increase physical activity to consume 200 more calories, you can lose about 0.5 kg per week. 5 to 6 peanut candies or nougats have about 300 to 400 calories, and 20 red clay peanuts have about 210 calories. Therefore, after the Chinese New Year, the National Health Bureau reminds the public to actively practice healthy weight management and resume a healthy lifestyle of "eating smartly, exercising happily, and weighing yourself every day." It also provides tips for maintaining a healthy weight and teaches the public how to eat smartly, exercise happily, and lose weight in a healthy way.

Welcome the Year of the Dragon by gathering together to lose weight and get the "Healthy Living Handbook" weight management manual for free! The National Health Administration is running a national healthy weight management program. Last year, 720,000 people and 11,880 teams from 22 counties and cities across the country participated in the healthy weight management program, with a total weight loss of more than 1,100 metric tons. This year (101), the National Health Administration encourages the public to continue to work together to lose weight. Through unity, we can gain strength and support each other. Let us say no to obesity and together effectively learn a new way of life of "eating smartly, exercising happily, and measuring weight every day." Anyone aged 6 to 64 who is overweight or has too much body fat is welcome to sign up, regardless of the number of people. The public can participate through businesses, institutions, schools, and hospitals; or register through the health bureaus in various counties and cities.

The National Health Bureau provides free local telephone consultation services on healthy weight management. The hotline for healthy weight management consultation is "0800-367-100 (0800-瘦落去-要運动)". Free local telephone online real-time consultation services are available from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day (including holidays) to answer questions related to healthy diet, lifestyle exercise and healthy weight loss. If you call outside of service hours, you can leave your questions via voicemail and a professional will call back to answer them. The National Health Administration has set up an obesity prevention website and a Facebook account to provide the public with information on healthy weight management, including the "Healthy Lifestyle Get Active Handbook" weight management manual, the "Healthy Lifestyle Get Active" teaching and combat manual (including hospital teaching and combat manual, workplace teaching and combat manual, school healthy posture teaching and combat manual), and "Healthy Exercise" teaching videos, providing the public and various fields with healthy weight management plan implementation suggestions and information, so that they can participate in healthy weight management plans together.