Almost half of Taiwanese adults overweight: HPA - Taipei Times

Health authorities on Saturday said that the level of obesity among Taiwanese has reached a record high, citing a study released last year ... Home TaiwanNews Mon,Nov23,2020page3 AlmosthalfofTaiwaneseadultsoverweight:HPA ByYangYuan-ting/Staffreporter HealthauthoritiesonSaturdaysaidthatthelevelofobesityamongTaiwanesehasreachedarecordhigh,citingastudyreleasedlastyearthatshowedthat47.97percentofadultswereoverweight. Eatinghabitsareamajorreasonfortheincrease,aHealthPromotionAdministration(HPA)officialsaid,addingthatmanypeoplehaveahabitofdrinkingsugarybeveragesoroftenshareexcessivelylargemealswithfamilyandfriends. TheHPAsaidthatitisalarmedbythedevelopment,especiallysincetheagencytogetherwiththeSportsAdministrationhasforyearsbeenpromotingactivelifestyles,includingregularexercise. Theobesityratehasincreasedsteadilysince2009,when38percentofadultswereoverweight,HPAdatashowed.Lastyear’sstudyincludeddataof4,280peoplethroughoutTaiwan. TheHPAclassifiespeoplewithabodymassindexof24kg/m2orgreaterasoverweightandthosewithanindexof30kg/m2asobese. TheWHOclassifiedobesityasachronicdiseasethatincreasestheriskofcardiovasculardisease,dyslipidemia,highbloodpressure,diabetes,kidneyandliverdiseases,andmetabolicsyndrome. KuoPo-hsiu(郭柏秀),aprofessorofepidemiologyandpreventivemedicineatNationalTaiwanUniversity’s(NTU)CollegeofPublicHealth,saidobesityisaglobalphenomenon,addingthatthemaincausesarediet,levelofphysicalactivity,lifestyle,andsocialandenvironmentalconditions,withgeneticfactorsalsoplayingarole. “Themaincontributingfactorispeople’sdiet.Forexample,onecupofateabeveragewiththefullamountofsugarcouldcontain80percentofthedailyrecommendedsugarintake.Thefoodindustryhasincreasedtheamountofsugarandfatinmanyproductstoattractcustomers.Thepopularityoffrieddonutsisonesuchexample,”shesaid. “Stressalsoaffectshormonelevels.Manypeopleareworkingprolongedhoursanddonotexerciseregularly,whichcanleadtoahormonalimbalanceandresultinthemgainingweight,”Kuosaid. LinWan-yu(林菀俞),anassociateprofessoratthesamedepartment,saidthatjoggingisoneeffectivewaytoloseweight,especiallyifitiscombinedwithabalanceddiet. However,peoplewithcardiovascularconditionsshouldconsultadoctorbeforetakingupphysicalexercise,Linsaid. HPACommunityHealthDivisionheadLoShu-ying(羅素英)saidthattheagencyisplanningtocollaboratewithlocalgovernmentstoprovideincentivestothepublictotakeupphysicalexerciseandhealthylifestyles. Commentswillbemoderated.Keepcommentsrelevanttothearticle.Remarkscontainingabusiveandobscenelanguage,personalattacksofanykindorpromotionwillberemovedandtheuserbanned.FinaldecisionwillbeatthediscretionoftheTaipeiTimes. MostPopular 1Storeclerkkilledafteraskingcustomertowearmask 2HonHaiplansEVchipcenterinSindian 3‘SecretChinesebase’inUAEstopped:report 4CAL‘poisoned’Palaumarket:Whipps 5Vilnius‘regrets’Chinatiesdowngrade Youmightalsolike KissingerrulesoutChineseinvasionthisdecade 2021-11-22 FormerUSsecretaryofstateHenryKissingersaidhedoesnotforeseeaChinesemilitaryinvasionofTaiwaninthenextdecade,althoughitis“perfectlypossible”thatChinacouldseektoweakentheisland’sstatus. “Idon’texpectanall-outattackonTaiwanin,say,a10-yearperiod,whichisasfarasIcansee,”KissingersaidyesterdayinaninterviewonCNN’sFareedZakariaGPS. 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