Mr. D.M.H (37 years old, 87kg, 1m72 tall) often has headaches, high blood pressure, grade 2 fatty liver, dyslipidemia, blood sugar disorder, and risk of diabetes.
In addition to treating the underlying disease, doctors advised him to lose weight to better coordinate the treatment of the underlying disease. This helps prevent the underlying disease from getting worse and new diseases caused by being overweight.
After 3 months of treatment at Tam Anh General Clinic, District 7 (HCMC), Mr. H lost 12kg, especially his visceral fat index decreased and his high blood pressure disappeared. At the same time, the patient no longer had blood sugar disorders, preventing the risk of diabetes. Fatty liver is still at level 1 and is continuing treatment.
According to Dr. Lam Van Hoang - Director of the Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment at Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, 70% of cases come to control their weight with the desire to push back the underlying disease they are suffering from. The remaining 30% are to prevent the risk of complications of being overweight and have the need to beautify and slim down.
Visceral fat can affect the body such as increasing insulin resistance, causing hyperglycemia, high risk of diabetes; reducing the body's detoxification process, contributing to stroke... In addition, abnormal visceral fat index also causes a number of problems such as dementia, gout, asthma, osteoarthritis, back pain, breast cancer, Alzheimer's...
Overweight and obesity are caused by many factors such as diet, lack of exercise, and are also related to genetics, endocrine diseases, drugs, metabolic diseases, etc., causing the body to change and disrupt the cycle of converting food into energy and storing fat. Therefore, to effectively lose weight, prevent and reverse a specific disease, it is impossible to apply a general formula to all patients.
Patients should not lose weight by themselves using methods such as extreme fasting, taking functional foods and weight loss drugs of unknown origin, liposuction and surgery at facilities not licensed by the Ministry of Health because of the risk of adverse health effects. Losing weight by yourself that is not suitable for your health condition can make underlying diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart failure, kidney failure, etc. worse.
