Conti C Richard
Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Eur Cardiol. 2018 Dec;13(2):93-94. doi: 10.15420/ecr.2018.13.2.EO1.
The entire world is becoming overweight. Most people are motivated to try to lose weight for cosmetic reasons. Weight loss can decrease health risk factors and possibly improve prognosis. Weight loss can be difficult in people who are trying to stop smoking, as they tend to gain weight. Many weight loss systems are available and are not inexpensive. Athletes who are obese and fit must lose weight after retirement or suffer the consequences related to risk factors. Bariatric surgery seems to be the best way for morbidly obese patients to lose weight, assuming that they adhere to principles of risk factor modulation. Weight-loss medications work in most patients who also comply with lifestyle changes, but these drugs have a number of side-effects.
全球人口都在变得超重。大多数人出于美容原因而有动力尝试减肥。体重减轻可以降低健康风险因素，并可能改善预后。对于试图戒烟的人来说，减肥可能会很困难，因为他们往往会体重增加。有许多减肥方法可供选择，而且价格不菲。肥胖且健康的运动员在退役后必须减肥，否则将承受与风险因素相关的后果。对于病态肥胖患者来说，减肥手术似乎是最好的减肥方法，前提是他们遵守风险因素调节原则。减肥药物对大多数同时也改变生活方式的患者有效，但这些药物有许多副作用。
