Taiwan loses 1,100 metric tons of meat! Taoyuan County Double Champion

Obesity is the public enemy! The National Health Bureau of the Department of Health promoted the "Healthy 100 Taiwan Moves" plan. After one year of efforts, approximately 720,000 people in 22 counties and cities across Taiwan joined the weight loss program, with a cumulative weight loss of 1,100 metric tons, an average of 1.5 kilograms per person. Among them, Taoyuan County promoted the "100, Waist Movement" healthy weight loss campaign with remarkable results. Last year, it called on more than 100,000 people to participate, with a total weight loss of 136 metric tons. The number of participants and weight loss achievement rate both ranked first in the country.

Obesity is the public enemy. Chiu Shu-ti, director of the National Health Administration, said that obesity has a great impact and harm on the health of the people. (Photo provided by National Health Administration)

According to a survey by the National Health Bureau, among Taiwan's adult population, 1 in 2 males is obese or overweight; 1 in 3 adult females is obese or overweight; and 1 in 4 children or adolescents under the age of 18 is obese or overweight. Chiu Shu-ti, director of the National Health Administration, said that obesity has a great impact and harm on the health of the nation.

In fact, weight loss must apply some accounting principles and control income and expenditure. When the calories absorbed are higher than the calories consumed by the body (surplus), obesity is bound to occur. On the contrary, when the calories absorbed are lower than the calories consumed by the body (overspending), it is easy to lose weight. Therefore, if you want to be successful, you must master this principle and take a two-pronged approach of diet and exercise to lose weight.

National Health Administration Director Chiu Shu-ti gave an example, saying that it takes about 7,700 calories to lose 1 kilogram. If you want to burn excess fat on your body, you have to exercise diligently. If a 60-kilogram person has a fixed daily calorie intake, he can burn 200 calories a day by walking for 30 minutes a day, and 36,500 calories in 6 months. You can lose 4.5 kg. If you continue for 1 year, you can lose 9 kg and it is not easy to gain weight again.

"Healthy 100 Taiwan, Get Moving" promotes the healthy lifestyle trend of "eat smartly, move happily, and weigh yourself every day." (Photo provided by National Health Administration)

The "Healthy 100 Taiwan Gets Moving" healthy weight management program received public support from President Ma in his Weekly Governance on January 22, 2011, and was launched on January 24, 2011, with 22 counties and cities and various ministries and commissions jointly sworn in by Premier Wu Den-yih.

Among the participants this time, there are more females than males; pre-test data of participants showed that 67.0% were overweight or obese, and post-test data showed that the proportion of overweight and obese people was 59.9%, a decrease of 7.1%; nearly 60% of the participants lost more than 1 kilogram, indicating that the "Healthy 100 Taiwan Moves" has achieved initial results through organizational mobilization and multi-media advocacy to strengthen the public's skills in practicing healthy living.

At the same time, heads of counties and cities successively launched healthy weight management plans under their jurisdiction, setting higher and higher weight loss targets. Everyone actively declared war on obesity, mobilizing hospitals, workplaces, schools, and communities to form groups to lose weight, leading to a healthy lifestyle trend of "eating smartly, moving happily, and weighing yourself every day." By the end of the year, the tonnage of weight loss exceeded 1,100 tons, creating a Taiwanese miracle.