Chua Marvin Wei Jie
Department of General Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, 110 Sengkang East Way, Singapore 544886, Singapore.
Obes Res Clin Pract. 2021 Jan-Feb;15(1):85-88. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2020.11.008. Epub 2020 Dec 3.
The clash of the dual pandemics - COVID-19 and obesity (Chua et al., 2020) [1], threatens to exponentially increase the rates of obesity, which is a risk factor for severe COVID-19 and death (Garg et al., 2020; Peng et al., 2020; Wu et al., 2020; Kass et al., 2020) [2-5]. We need to urgently find solutions to halt this vicious circle. Where do we begin? Our patients - who are often our best teachers. In my clinical practice, I have observed disparate responses among my patients in response to the pandemic. This highlighted the importance of understanding the factors underlying motivation and provided important clues on what clinicians can do to help our patients create a virtuous circle towards positive health outcomes.
新冠疫情与肥胖这两种大流行疾病的冲突（蔡等人，2020年）[1]，有可能使肥胖率呈指数级上升，而肥胖是重症新冠和死亡的一个风险因素（加尔格等人，2020年；彭等人，2020年；吴等人，2020年；卡斯等人，2020年）[2 - 5]。我们迫切需要找到解决办法来阻止这个恶性循环。我们从哪里开始呢？我们的患者——他们往往是我们最好的老师。在我的临床实践中，我观察到我的患者对疫情有不同的反应。这凸显了理解动机背后因素的重要性，并为临床医生如何帮助我们的患者创造一个通向积极健康结果的良性循环提供了重要线索。
