Beer belly

Introduction Beer belly, also known as "Rohan belly." With the increase of age, men's deep sleep stage is reduced. Due to poor sleep quality, the secretion of hormones will decrease. The lack of hormones will increase the body fat and accumulate in the abdomen, and the greater the age, the more obvious the effect. In addition, many middle-aged people sit for a long time in the office, lack of exercise, and easily cause abdominal fat accumulation. When the work pressure is high, many people will overeating, leading to indigestion, which is also likely to cause excessive weight.

Cause

With the increase of age, men's deep sleep stage is reduced. Due to poor sleep quality, the secretion of hormones will decrease. The lack of hormones will increase the body fat and accumulate in the abdomen, and the greater the age, the more obvious the effect.

Eat less and move more, many middle-aged people sit for a long time to work, lack of exercise, easy to cause abdominal fat accumulation. When the work pressure is high, many people will overeating, leading to indigestion, which is also likely to cause excessive weight.

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Abdominal shape palpation pathological reflex examination

The normal content of body fat, male no more than 20%, waist / hip circumference than male <0.9, male: height (m) square multiplied by 23, a 1.70 m men's standard weight should be: 1.7 squared multiplied by 23 = 66.47 kg.

Differential diagnosis

Abdominal obesity is one of the main factors to accelerate aging. At present, more than 15 diseases leading to death have been directly related to abdominal obesity, including coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, cerebral embolism, breast cancer, liver and kidney failure. Previously, studies have shown that men who are quite "beer belly" have a high probability of getting high blood pressure, which is 8 times that of normal men. The probability of getting coronary heart disease is 5 times that of ordinary people. The probability of getting diabetes is 7 times that of ordinary people. Brain hemorrhage and brain Diseases such as infarction are also common in men with "beer belly".

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