Are you as fat as an apple?

　　If we have to compare two fruits, senior cardiovascular disease experts would say: I would rather be as fat as a pear than as fat as an apple - of course it is best not to be fat.

　　This is a fruit metaphor for body shape: like a pear, the lower body is fat and the fat is distributed under the skin.； Like an apple, also known as central obesity or central obesity, fat accumulates around the belly.

　　This conclusion was first proposed by a French doctor. As early as 1947, just after the Second World War, this far-sighted doctor came up with this point of view. At that time, fat people in the world were far less common than they are now.

　　Medicine is a science that is constantly evolving. Over the years, doctors have updated evidence on record, warning us that even just being fat and having a big belly is by no means good news: prospective studies have proven that significant accumulation of fat cells in the abdomen leads to cardiovascular disease. disease The increased risk, as well as premature death, is due to metabolic changes caused by abdominal obesity. At the same time, research has also confirmed that adipose tissue can be regarded as an endocrine organ, directly increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease by secreting a large number of vascular, metabolic, inflammatory and other functional molecules that can act on the cardiovascular system.

　　Professional doctors who are committed to popularizing science often explain it in a more intuitive and direct way. Professor Wu Yingkai, the late Professor Wu Yingkai, an old expert on cardiovascular disease, met a fat man with a big belly on the road. He rushed over and warned directly: "Hey, your belt is too long, it's dangerous! ”

　　surging in recent years“ healthy "The Godfather" is good at making up various health care jingles to teach people, and is also good at self-discipline: an old doctor in his 60s proudly pointed to his still not strong waist and said: "How much did I weigh when I graduated from college, and how much do I still weigh now?"； My waist was so thick then, and it's still the same now. ”

　　At the same time, this reporter, who often visits the Ministry of Health for interviews, also found that in this ministry, which specializes in planning health for the country, the incidence of obesity is really low, at least significantly lower than in other ministries. People from the Ministry of Health said that because everyone comes from the health industry, they know that obesity is not good. Officials from the Ministry of Health will naturally not be able to give the public a good healthy image if they go out with a big belly.

　　Abdominal fat deposits can be measured simply by waist size, or in more sophisticated and expensive ways. Measuring waist circumference is the most convenient, intuitive and accurate, and almost cost-free. The researchers now encourage doctors to make simple waist circumference measurements a routine procedure to evaluate the cardiovascular system in their daily medical practice, and may even consider recording this "important indicator" in each patient's medical record. For the Chinese, male Adult waist circumference is greater than 90 cm, female Greater than 80 cm is the critical danger line.

　　Doctors even have an easier way than measuring your waist: "Look and feel if you have a belly?" Regardless of men or women, if you have a belly, you are fat. If you are fat, you will get sick easily! ”