People's life span is closely related to many aspects, such as genetic factors, physique, eating habits, disease factors and so on. Many people also suggest that the length of life is related to weight.
As the saying goes, "it's hard to buy a thousand dollars and get old and thin." From this proverb, we can know that being fat and thin have a great influence on the health of the elderly.
With the increase of age, the functions of the body tend to decline, and the metabolic rate will also weaken. The ability to digest and metabolize food will decrease, which will easily lead to obesity and increase the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. So many elderly people will control their weight to maintain their health.
In fact, the thinness of the elderly does not mean their health. Excessive control of intake in order to achieve slimming effect will also lead to malnutrition in the body, which will lead to various health problems.
The harm of overweight in the elderly;
Clinical studies have found that obese elderly people are more likely to suffer from "three highs" and other chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia.
In addition, obese elderly people are more likely to get tumors, and malignant tumors have a great impact on their health. The health hazards of obesity are as follows:
diabetes
Uric acid excess
hyperlipemia
cardiovascular disease
fatty liver
coronary heart disease
Cerebral Infarction
arthralgia
The harm of being too thin to the elderly;
Many elderly people especially abide by the saying that it is difficult for the elderly to buy, so they will achieve the effect of slimming by reducing their intake. However, this behavior will cause malnutrition in the body and lead to adverse symptoms such as decreased immunity.
Being too thin can lead to weakness symptoms, and slight activity can lead to random matching symptoms. In addition, it is easy to cause many bad symptoms, as shown in the following figure:
Poor resistance
Gastrointestinal dysfunction
Osteoporosis
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Scientifically judging whether a person's body shape is fat or thin, we will use the formula of body mass index to calculate, substitute the height and weight into the formula, and the calculated numerical range can judge whether the body belongs to fat or thin.
Formula: the square of weight (kg) and height (m)
According to the definition published by WHO, the body mass index (BMI) between 18-25 is a health standard, and this value is limited to people before the age of 60.
Older people over 60 can calculate their weight in the following ways to see if it is within the normal standard range, as shown in the following figure:
Middle-aged and elderly men: height (cm)-105= weight (kg)
Middle-aged and elderly women: height (cm)-100= weight (kg)
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Ordinary diet
Healthy eating habits are the key to good health. With the improvement of living standards, people have more and more choices in diet, and most people have unhealthy diets.
For the elderly, developing good eating habits can achieve the effect of prolonging life. As the saying goes, "A day's work lies in the morning", and breakfast is essential. You can choose protein, vitamins, dietary fiber and other rich ingredients to make a nutritious breakfast.
Stick to exercise
The body can speed up metabolism through exercise, so as to discharge the garbage toxins accumulated in the body and reduce the chance of getting sick.
Middle-aged and elderly people can exercise through healthy sports, such as walking, jogging, cycling, playing Tai Ji Chuan, etc., and the exercise time can be controlled at about 30 minutes.
Regular health examination
Disease is one of the important reasons that affect life span. In order to effectively prevent diseases from coming to you, in addition to developing good living and eating habits, you need to pay attention to physical examination.
Physical examination helps to prevent problems before they happen. With the improvement of medical level, advanced medical equipment can be used to check the focus in advance and get effective treatment to prevent the disease from developing and endangering life.
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