Liebermeister Hermann
PVS Mosel/Saar, Neunkirchen, Germany.
Ger Med Sci. 2003 Jul 1;1:Doc04.
Even moderate, but persistent weight-loss ameliorates most of the related diseases in obesity. Besides the consequences of the metabolic syndrome, this includes less well-known obesity-associated changes, such as impaired fertility, menstrual disorders, psychic changes, total leucocyte-count as a parameter of immunity and the impaired pulmonary function in asthma and sleep-apnoea. Life-expectancy is prolonged by diminution of visceral fat depots, whilst weight-loss by shrinking of fat-free body-mass seems to have a contrary effect.
即使是适度但持续的体重减轻也能改善肥胖症的大多数相关疾病。除了代谢综合征的后果外，这还包括一些不太为人所知的与肥胖相关的变化，如生育能力受损、月经紊乱、心理变化、作为免疫参数的白细胞总数以及哮喘和睡眠呼吸暂停患者的肺功能受损。通过减少内脏脂肪储存可延长预期寿命，而通过减少去脂体重来减轻体重似乎会产生相反的效果。
