Obesity is becoming a health issue of concern as this situation tends to increase in Vietnam. Not only appearing in adults, obesity is increasingly recorded in children, students and office workers. Modern lifestyle with a lot of sitting time, little exercise, while processed foods and fatty foods are increasingly popular, posing many risks to weight and health.
Typically, two 18-year-old twin sisters in Tuyen Quang, gained weight and became obese in nearly 5 years. Currently, the weight of the two sisters is about 98-100kg respectively.
Through examination and background exploitation, doctors recorded that obesity appeared when the two patients were still in school. Both had a habit of eating a lot of fried foods and were less active. When their weight increased, walking became difficult, easily tired, and at the same time made the two sisters feel self-conscious and insecure about their appearance.
According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan (Director of Surgery, Phuong Dong General Hospital): "Obesity is increasing very rapidly in Vietnam. Among them, the obesity group in school age and the group of office workers have the fastest rate of increase, it can be said that it is 10 times higher than about 10 years ago.
Everyone understands that obesity is due to overeating, excess energy compared to the body's needs. At the same time, too little physical activity. Therefore, imbalance between energy input and energy consumption. Especially, due to the trend of eating fast food, eating processed foods, and fatty foods. In addition, obesity is also related to endocrine problems, metabolic disorders, and many other factors".
Doctors warn that overweight and obesity in children not only affect appearance but also pose many health risks such as high blood pressure, diabetes, fatty liver, psychology and long-term development of children.
Early recognition of abnormal signs, regular monitoring of weight, body indexes, living habits and psychological changes will help parents proactively have appropriate and timely intervention measures.
