Bad living habits lead to obesity and healthy weight loss for the whole family

In addition to genetic factors, the most important cause of obesity is lifestyle habits! If the whole family is overweight, how to lose weight in a healthy way is a compulsory subject. Ms. Chen has been overweight for a long time since she was young, and gradually developed chronic diseases such as hypertension and fatty liver hepatitis. Her husband and daughter are also overweight. After joining the hospital's weight loss class, Ms. Chen lost significant weight and her fatty liver hepatitis was cured. The most surprising thing is that Ms. Chen applied the nutrition knowledge she learned in the weight loss class to her daily cooking habits, and even her husband and daughter lost 5 kilograms.

Dr. Chen Mei-Chin pointed out that regular exercise and proper eating habits can help with healthy weight loss.

On the advice of her doctor, Ms. Chen joined a group weight-loss class. In addition to regular aerobic exercise classes and the use of meal replacements, nutritionists step by step guided students to calculate calories, choose healthy and low-calorie foods, and select low-fat cooking methods, so that they could eat their fill every day and still get thinner. After attending the weight loss class, Ms. Chen's weight decreased significantly and her fatty liver hepatitis was cured. Three years after successfully losing weight, Ms. Chen still maintains a normal weight and has not gained weight again.

Dr. Chen Mei-jin from the Weight Management Center of Chung-Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, said that at the weight loss clinic of Kaohsiung Medical University, they often see couples, parents/children, and other family members who are also overweight coming to seek treatment together. Many people also attribute this to genetic factors, thinking that because their parents are fat, they will inevitably be overweight too. In fact, from a medical point of view, body shape is indeed hereditary. For example, some people tend to have fat in their bellies, some tend to have fat in their arms, and some tend to have fat in their thighs. The speed of calorie metabolism also has a genetic component. However, lifestyle habits are the biggest cause of obesity among modern people. Family members in the same family often have similar eating habits and lifestyles, so obesity often runs in families.

Take Ms. Chen’s example. After learning the correct eating habits and implementing them in her family’s daily lives, the whole family was able to lose weight, which proves that lifestyle problems are the biggest cause of obesity among modern people.