Reaction Article #8

According to Study: Spare tire doubles risk of dying even if BMI is OK, a new report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that people with belly fat have a higher risk of dying than their same-weight peers without a spare tire, even if they’re at a healthy weight. The fat stacks in abdominal is a serious threat that it can pad the internal organs so that it is thought to increase inflammation by releasing hormones.

I think in the past years most of us only know that overweight is one of the risk factors of heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancers. We do an exercise or have a diet control to keep ourselves away from the chronic diseases; our concern is the body weight or body mass index (BMI). After reading this report, first, I think everyone should check their own waist circumference and examine the datum if it is in the normal range. In this article, it was mentioned that men with the biggest girth 40.4 inches and women with 35 inches or lager will have a higher mortality risk. Secondly, if you have an abdominal fat, you have to do something to deal it. Some doctors suggest that “eat less and exercise more”are helpful to reducing the size of fat around the waistline. In my experience, I have tried to lesson my stomach fat by eating less and practicing yoga and Pilates after giving birth, and it did work. I think the style of activities is also an important factor. I sense that now my belly is bigger than before that I have a hard work and only have little time to sit down.

How to reduce the excess body weight or belly fat is always a hot topic for people, especially for women. Hence some people waste their money on expensive“fat burner”pills that don’t work or other bogus supplements. The Depatrment of Health should list more detail information on health eating and exercise which might help people to lose belly fat. (331 words)