Is it necessary for middle-aged and elderly people to lose weight and is it good for their health?

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Weight loss has been the most commonly discussed men and women of all ages a "movement", but most people are just talking about it, and how many people really adhere to the success of it, as we become more and more concerned about health, we know the health hazards of obesity, so it is more weight loss on the agenda, we know that after middle age, people will begin to get fat and fat, and a variety of diseases also come with it, then there is no need for middle-aged and older people to lose weight? We all know that people after middle age, people began to get fat, a variety of diseases also came, that the elderly have no need to lose weight, or to lose weight and do not lose weight in the elderly which is more healthy?

So should middle-aged and older people lose weight?

My suggestion is that if you have a thick waist or a big stomach, which only affects your aesthetics and does not affect your health, then there is no need to lose weight, and it is not recommended to lose weight, which is not good for your health:

1. The importance of fat

You should know that middle-aged and elderly people actuallyIt's okay to be a little chubby.Because you do not get sick is good, if you have some small disease, your body is not fat can not withstand the toss, you will become more and more thin, if you are fat a little bit of fat, you can first consume fat to provide energy.You won't be struck down by the disease in one fell swoop.And there are many middle-aged and elderly people who have high blood pressure, heart disease, and other conditions that alsoNot suitable for intense and heavy exercise。

2. Low basal metabolic capacity

What is meant by basal metabolism isThe amount of energy your body needs to maintain your normal physiological needsThis ability to consume decreases as you get older, which means that if you eat the same amount of food as a young person, without exercising, the young person won't gain weight, but you may gain weight, which is the reason whyput on weight in one's middle or old ageThe reason for this is that you need to eat less and exercise more in order not to gain weight. So if you want to lose weight, you need to eat less and also increase your exercise in order not to gain weight, but that can easily lead todystrophyor causesports injuryand the nutrition is not up to date.Immunity is low.The middle-aged and the elderly are supposed to beHigh incidence of disease, which in turn adds insult to injury and takes away from your health.

In summary.There's really no need for middle-aged and elderly people to lose weight blindlyYou can't compare your body to a younger one, you should be thinking about what's healthier and better for you now.However, it should be noted that weight control is still necessary, too obese or need to lose weight, can not be strenuous exercise for the elderly can walk fast!。

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If middle-aged and elderly friends have overweight serious or already to the obese situation, it is best to reduce the fat, weight loss is certainly beneficial to health, if the weight is appropriate, a little overweight, slightly fat, such a situation do not have to deliberately go to lose weight, this state is actually a very good state. As the saying goes, people will have a beer belly in middle age, in fact, the reason is also very good explanation, with the increase in age, our metabolic ability to decline, activity ability to decline, the daily consumption of calories, basal metabolism energy consumption is also low, if you still eat the same as when you're young, it is very easy to accumulate fat, generally 40 years of age after the middle-aged people is the most easy to get fat period, this time, in fact, you can be moderate in dinner! This time, in fact, you can moderate in the dinner to reduce some of the calorie intake, diet more light-based, do not like young people, three days five head to eat a section of hot pot, to a barbecue, so it is certainly more prone to obesity, middle-aged and elderly people also pay attention to drink less alcohol, can be abstained from alcohol, alcohol consumption is more prone to increase the accumulation of visceral fat, but also long fat tool.

Women will also find that they suddenly and male compatriots have a beer belly, young time we are not so ah, women after menopause because of estrogen regression, the body lacks the protective effect of estrogen, because of physiological reasons (such as breeding offspring) estrogen is good at transporting the fat to the hips, breasts, thighs and arms buildup, so the general women's waist and abdomen will not be too fat, may be buttocks, thighs will be more meat! But estrogen recession body lose estrogen protection, waist and abdomen is also more likely to accumulate fat, this time do not pay attention to diet, but also do not adhere to the appropriate amount of exercise, will soon become the type of waist fat belly quite; estrogen's decline is also very easy to cause osteoporosis, so more postponed after the female than the male symptoms of calcium deficiency to be much higher, middle-aged and elderly women should pay special attention to supplemental calcium, vitamin D and to participate in outdoor exercise, more sun exposure. Get more sunlight.

If it is still sedentary and lying down for a long time, do not like to exercise, middle-aged and old age stage obesity, it is best to let yourself exercise, because this period of obesity is more likely to be visceral obesity, centripetal/apple-type obesity, so that obesity, is one of the biggest factors inducing cardio-cerebral vascular disease, weight loss is still necessary.

But the other part of the middle-aged and elderly group, they are not fat, but they also do not love sports, quiet reading books and newspapers, watching TV more often. Their daily appetite is not very good, eat not much, maintain a relatively thin state. Such middle-aged and elderly friends should likewise act on theYou don't want to lose weight, you want to "build muscle"!After the age of 40, the middle-aged and elderly population will be a large loss of muscle, the annual loss of about 6%, if not actively exercise to maintain muscle content, soon the body will be metabolism greatly reduced, the ability to exercise a significant decline in the essence of what is not as good as before, there are a large number of mitochondria in the muscle can produce heat, the lack of muscle is likely to cause the fear of cold, and the muscle can also protect the bones, ligaments and joints, so that the middle-aged and elderly friends And muscle also protects bones, ligaments and joints, making middle-aged and elderly people less prone to trips and injuries. Exercise can also maintain cardiorespiratory function, so that middle-aged and elderly friends more healthy, exercise is also a good way to improve the basal metabolism of energy consumption, do not have to reduce too much calorie intake, middle-aged and elderly people should not get fat.

Some friends have asked before whether it is better for the middle-aged and the elderly to be thinner or to have some meat. Although it is said that "thousands of gold can't buy you thin in old age", but actually my opinion is: middle-aged and elderly friends "slightly fat" is the best, slightly fat is to say that there is still a little fat reserves, because middle-aged and elderly friends bone toughness can't, and the right amount of fat can protect the bones, ligaments, Joints; middle-aged and elderly friends sometimes may not have a good appetite, the right amount of fat reserves can provide energy supply. Some studies have found that the average life expectancy of the fat population is 6~7 years higher than that of the slim population, and the population with body mass index of 22.6~27.4 is the longest-living population, that is, the fat population. Not the thinner the better, especially in the middle-aged and elderly, because the middle-aged and elderly population lacks muscle protection, and this period of time fat plays a very key protective role, so the elderly is not to say that only eat vegetables, do not enter the oil and salt is good, this may be able to reduce cardiovascular morbidity, but at the same time it is also very likely to appear faster muscle decay, malnutrition, immunity to decline, so it should still be a moderate amount of intake of meat, eggs and milk So you should still have a moderate intake of meat, eggs and milk, and a moderate intake of fats and oils.

Obesity-related diseases are numerous. Infectious diseases have been the number one health killer in China since ancient times, but in 1975 cardiovascular diseases replaced infectious diseases as the leading cause of death.

In short, the prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, malignant tumors, and diabetes is most closely related to the two holes that control the flow of air in and out of the body, the mouth that eats, and the two legs that move the body.

Undoubtedly, losing weight is as important as reducing smoking and environmental pollution.

A: Health is hard!

1. Middle-aged and old people do not have to care about being slightly fat as long as they are healthy.

2. Improving total self-care is a must for the elderly.

3. A little bit of appropriate fat is good for protecting bones, joints and the heart.

I'm fifty years old, this year, lose weight for two months, I'm not too fat, weight is 124 pounds, down 10 pounds, to be honest, lose weight down really old a lot, lose weight for two months I can't walk up the stairs, mainly eat staple food to eat less. Now I do not dare to reduce, plan to fat up, so that older if not too fat really do not lose weight, hurt the body, eat food people have the strength to work ah, and now I'm slowly gained a little bit of physical health is the key!

It is very necessary, if an obese old man is 5 kilograms overweight, isn't it very tiring for him to walk, and if he runs 🏃 it will be even more tiring. So must lose weight, as long as the body without flab, muscle compact, the body will certainly be healthy, the elderly will also be long life. In short, losing weight is also very beneficial to the elderly various organs and meridians, why not?

With the growth of age, people to the age of middle-aged and old age, found that the body also quietly changed, slowly fat, some people think that the middle-aged and old people's fat a little bit looks very blessed blessed, some middle-aged and old people think that the age of the older, do not need to be so deliberate to maintain the body, that there is no need to lose weight.

However, obesity in middle-aged and elderly people will bring a lot of factors affecting the health of the body, in order to be healthy, so the middle-aged and elderly people in the end there is no need to lose weight?

I think it is still very necessary for middle-aged and elderly people to lose weight, when obesity affects the health of the body, it is necessary to lose weight, appropriate weight loss is conducive to good health, weight loss during the need to pay attention to which aspects of it? Now to put their own a little weight loss experience to share with you.

1. Reduce calorie intake

The body with the gradual increase in age, the metabolic rate is getting slower and slower, therefore, the middle-aged and elderly physical consumption of calories is also less, if you do not pay attention to diet, eating too much or too greasy, may lead to excessive calorie intake, the body's function is no way to consume, and thus converted into fat accumulation in the body, so the middle-aged and elderly people want to reduce the intake of calories, each meal diet do not meat and fish, fine staple food, as far as possible with eating some Cereals and other staples, eat more fruits and vegetables, away from carbonated beverages and sweets, every day reasonable diet, is conducive to the health of the body.

2、Supplemental fiber

Middle-aged and elderly people need to supplement the crude fiber food, such as some of our common coarse grains cereals and a variety of vegetables, coarse grains are conducive to both weight loss and health, tasty and easy to digest, can be one-third or one-half of the staple food, replaced with miscellaneous grains, coarse grains, and refined rice, white flour so that with the food, not only is it easy to promote digestion, but also increase the sense of satiety, and enhance the body's digestive system operation, to prevent constipation.

3、Slow down the speed of eating

Some people eat too fast, therefore, easy to cause the stomach and intestines to affect digestion, the formation of fat accumulation in the body, over time it is easy to body obesity problems, so eating needs to chew slowly, middle-aged and elderly people because of the reduction of digestive function, try to slow down the speed of eating, which not only helps gastric juice to digest food, but also able to reduce the amount of food, thus reducing the intake of calories.

4. Proper exercise

Appropriate exercise can significantly improve the middle-aged and elderly body obesity, and physical decline phenomenon, but the beginning of exercise, do not take radical exercise, should choose to suit their own exercise to carry out, although the middle-aged and elderly people are not recommended to do strenuous exercise, but you can walk, soothing aerobics, tai chi and other sports to fitness, this is not a promotion and the matter, pay attention to gradual and orderly progress, the most important thing is to insist on, every day to adhere to their own way of exercise, through a period of persistence can achieve the desired effect of weight loss. Noble in persistence, every day to adhere to their own way of exercise, through a period of persistence, you can achieve the desired effect of weight loss.

5. Protein intake

Age, the body metabolism slows down, the middle-aged and elderly muscle loss faster, during the weight loss period, the need to match the intake of high-quality protein, in addition to animal proteins, plant proteins are also high in protein content of food, such as: soybeans, black beans, green peas, etc., which soybeans have the highest nutritional value, you can put the animal proteins, such as: poultry, meat, eggs, dairy, etc., and plant proteins, such as: grains and legumes. The combination of animal protein such as poultry, meat, eggs and milk, and plant protein such as grains and beans, ensures a reasonable diet and nutritional mix every day.

6、Supplementation of calcium

Middle-aged and elderly people need to supplement enough calcium during weight loss, because the elderly metabolism gradually slowed down, digestive function is also weakened, the calcium of the body's bones is very easy to lose, affecting the health of the body, weight loss during the calcium needs to be a relative increase in the lack of calcium, there will be loose teeth, fall off, hunchback, leg cramps and other phenomena, therefore, if the phenomenon of osteoporosis, be sure to make up for the calcium, the middle-aged and elderly people Need to eat more calcium-rich foods, such as: eggs, fish and shrimp, milk, soy products, more sunshine is also conducive to calcium absorption.

summarize

Obesity is a threat to people of any age, especially middle-aged and elderly people, obesity is easy to cause all kinds of physical discomfort, increase worry and pain, so we must pay attention to obesity in middle-aged and elderly people, if you want to have a healthy body, we must start from losing weight, control their own body weight, whether it is a young person or middle-aged and elderly people, weight loss is a thing that should be done in a timely manner, in order to eliminate the health hazards, give yourself a healthy body.

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Hi everyone, I'm Sister Hays with 35 years of weight loss experience and I'm happy to answer this question.

I am 53 years old and started a new round of weight loss in April 2019 after my menopausal symptoms disappeared. It took 84 days to reduce my weight from 115 pounds to 90 pounds, my body fat from 31% to 21%, my internal fat level 6.5 to 3; my blood fat from 1.74 to 0.8, and my waist circumference from 82 centimeters to 60 centimeters, with perfect indicators!

Weight loss is not just about losing weight, but also about developing healthy habits. In thinking, restraining, enduring and persevering, one learns how to control appetite, eat healthy and exercise reasonably. From selecting ingredients, nutritional matching, designing dishes to making a delicious dish, I have fallen in love with food since then ......

The state of health like a ray of sunshine into my life, sweeping away the former chaos and haze, so that I am clear-headed, energetic and easy to live. It lets me know that life requires learning, change requires courage, and I feel the power of perseverance!

The reason for losing weight in the first place is to be healthy, to not cause problems for your family and children, and to please yourself.

After successful weight loss, all the indicators of the body are perfect, and all the persistence is worth it! Healthy and confident is the best gift to yourself and your family!

Life is so good, love yourself!

Yes, it is true that weight loss in middle-aged and elderly people is good for their health. There is a saying that one is blessed to be thin in old age.

Through observation, most middle-aged obese people basically suffer from high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high blood fat and other so-called rich people's disease.

There is a cousin around, long five big and thick, belong to the kind of fat and strong, she has a habit, that is, everyone eat the rest of the meal, make hard to their stomach. Her concept is to eat without pain, waste pain.

As a result, she became hyperglycemic many years ago, and even though she is now taking hypoglycemic pills, she still can't break her deep-rooted habit. Even though I often tell her that she must realize that eating more is poison, and that it hurts if you eat it, but not if you throw it away.

With the continuous improvement of people's living standards and the great abundance of material conditions, people now have everything they need to survive, and with the abundance of materials, they can eat whatever they want and play whatever they want.

Nowadays, people's concept of life is: they want to eat without fear of expensive ingredients, and they want to play without fear of long distance, because they have RMB as a guarantee.

No matter where you go, you are eating and drinking without moderation, coupled with less activity now, creating many obese people.

Obese people can only achieve health by dieting, exercising more, consuming excess calories and stopping calories from being converted into fat and blood lipids.

Some people have long since summarized the secrets of health and wellness:

Eat well in the morning, eat well in the middle of the day, and eat less in the evening.

Fish produces phlegm, meat produces fire, turnip and cabbage keep you safe.

Middle-aged and older people should be cautious about losing weight; low weight may not be a blessing for older people.

The purpose of losing weight is to be healthier and the best way to effectively prevent and reduce cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, and diabetes. Thus, for obese people who are over 50 years old but not 65 years old, with BMI ≥ 30 or more, suffering from cardiovascular disease and diabetes or with such a tendency, moderate weight loss will be helpful in the treatment of cardiovascular and diabetes mellitus. And for overweight but not obese middle-aged and elderly people, weight loss still needs to be careful.

Low weight may be more dangerous for older adults

According to the studies included in the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2016 edition): a total of 29 papers were included on the association of low body weight, overweight and obesity with mortality and mortality reduction in older adults, respectively.A meta-analysis of 32 cohort studies was published in 2014, which included studies from Europe, North America, Canada, and Australia of people older than 65, with a total sample size of 197,940 individuals.BMI ≥25 was considered overweight and BMI ≥30 was considered obese. The results showed that low body weight (BMI <18.5) increased the risk of death by 48%, overweight decreased the risk of death by 10%, and obesity increased the risk of death by 36%. Within the normal weight range, the mortality rate of those with BMI 21.0-21.9 kg/m2 and 20.0-20.9 kg/m2 increased by 12% and 19%, respectively, compared with those with BMI 23.0-23.9 kg/m2, and BMI between 24.0-29.9 kg/m2 reduced the all-cause mortality rate of the elderly aged 65 years or older. Studies from Asia, including Japan and Taiwan, have reached consistent conclusions.

Middle-aged and elderly people need to be careful in losing weight

The body's metabolic function will gradually decline with age, especially after entering the age of 50, its basic metabolic consumption level will decline more obviously, the body's heat accumulation will also increase, weight gain is inevitable. At the same time into the middle-aged, the body's immunity and the ability to protect against the cold is bound to get worse and worse, and the increase in fat to stabilize the body temperature of the middle-aged and the elderly, increase the resistance to disease and the ability to protect against the cold can play a certain role in protection. Therefore, for no cardiovascular and diabetes, BMI <28 middle-aged and elderly people, the body slightly fat, to maintain a certain amount of body fat is necessary, as long as the diligent walking, more exercise, the body is only good and no harm.

Conclusion: In short, the elderly body to maintain a certain amount of fat is very necessary, weight loss should be cautious, low weight is not good for the elderly. Of course, severe obesity and cardiovascular, diabetes, etc., except for the people who are allowed to lose weight.