Increased risk of many diseases if you feel ashamed of being fat

Xinhua news agency reported that a recent US study showed that fat people are three times more likely to develop diabetes, heart disease and stroke if they feel embarrassed when others say they are fat compared to others. weight but strong psychology.

Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania conducted an experiment with 159 obese or overweight people between the ages of 21 and 65.

People who are negatively affected by life from overweight will be affected by metabolic syndrome 3 times higher than others.

Initially the participants had to fill out a survey of depression and answer questions about how they had to endure prejudice.

Participants also had a comprehensive health checkup so that the team could know their waist circumference, blood pressure, blood sugar, triglycerides and cholesterol levels.

The results showed that those who were negatively affected by life from overweight would be affected by the metabolic syndrome 3 times higher than others and the triglyceride level was 6 times higher.

A nutritional imbalance professor said weight is a complex topic related to biological and environmental factors, to human personality, shame does not make fat people more motivated. to lose weight. Even when they are in such a state it is very likely that they will ignore the movement, eat more to get energy to cope with the pressure.