A new perspective on primary health care today
The International Scientific Conference (A New Perspective of Primary Health Care), hosted by Jeddah Governorate, concluded its work today with the participation of more than / 500 / doctors, experts and specialists from all medical and health sectors from inside and outside the Kingdom.
The conference participants called, in their recommendations, to take preventive and curative measures to cope with the suffering of three million people suffering from obesity and who are at risk of more than / 47 / diseases registered at the expense of obesity, the most prominent of which are clogged arteries, coronary artery clots, and heart muscle fatigue and enlargement as a result of high blood pressure and high Triglycerides, cholesterol in the blood, insulin-unresponsive sugar, lower back pain, and cartilage erosion, in addition to facing / 29% of children with the same disease.
The conference emphasized confronting the high rate of obesity among women, which ranged between / 55 / to / 59 / per cent and in men the rate was / 40 / per cent.
Dr. Walid Lotfi Bukhari, co-chair of the Center for Endoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, said that the recommendations indicated many ways to control obesity that prevented from absorbing the equivalent of a third of the amount of fat that we eat and by following a structured program of activity and exercise and practicing it continuously at least three times a week After consulting the attending physician //.
And he warned of the danger of severe diets to the fat, as he cannot usually continue with it, which forces him to stop, so that his weight will increase again and compensate for what he lost quickly.
Dr. Bukhari said: The increase in body weight beyond its normal limit as a result of the accumulation of fat in it is a result of the imbalance between the energy intake from food and the energy consumed in the body, and that the percentage of increase, which is estimated between 35 percent to 40 percent of body mass, leads to many chronic diseases. Diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol //.
He added // that the types of obesity, in addition to overweight, are high overweight, medium obesity, high obesity, and finally, morbid obesity // indicating that morbid obesity is divided into three sections: primary morbidity, moderate morbidity, high and high morbidity, and overweight is considered overweight. B / 50 /% BMV is very high satisfactory.
On the prevalence of obesity in the Saudi society, Bukhari explained that scientific studies have indicated high rates of obesity in the Kingdom, and according to studies conducted by specialists in this field, the incidence rate is very high .. It is expected that these rates are subject to decline among women over time to reach the level of Less due to the spread of specialized health clubs and the increase in social awareness of obesity risks.
And that obesity works on exhausting the body''s muscles that cannot carry the huge weight of fat, so there is pain in the lower back and cartilage erosion due to eating food with high calories and not burning these calories leads to the accumulation of fat in the human body
Dr. Bukhari warned of the spread of so-called fast food rich in calories, which is a major factor in obesity and its associated diseases in many parts of the world, pointing out that fast food is the only cause in 90% of obesity cases, indicating that the normal rate for a healthy person ranges from calories Between 1500-2000 calories per day.
