I was surprised to find that a quarter of obese people were reluctant to lose weight despite being advised by doctors.
According to the survey conducted by Hong Kong Association for the Study of Obesity in August this year, four in every five grossly overweight people between the ages of 30 and 70 suffer from at least one chronic disease such as high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol or diabetes.
According to WHO. overweight and obesity lead to adverse metabolic effects on blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides and insulin resistance. In addition, risks of coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cancer of the breast, colon, prostate, endometrium, kidney and gall bladder increase steadily with increasing BMI.
Currently, about 44% of diabetes, 23% of ischaemic heart disease and 7 to 41% of certain cancers in the world are attributable to overweight and obesity.
As a result of being overweight or obese, globally, at least 2.8 million people die each year.
Even so, this study found that 24 per cent of participants were reluctant to lose weight despite being advised by doctors.
Two-thirds of women who worked on losing weight said that they did so because they wanted to improve their appearance. This is no better for men. Only half the men who sought help did so for health reasons.
Not surprisingly, slim houses have become so popular, especially among women, in these days. They use various means to reduce their weight so dramatically to the extent that it becomes detrimental rather than beneficial to their health. This counters the original idea of losing weight.
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