Do you know the relationship between obesity and osteoporosis?

With the improvement of living standards, the prevalence of obesity is increasing globally
.
Obesity is a disease with abnormal distribution or excessive accumulation of body fat caused by long-term imbalance of energy balance, which can lead to metabolic abnormalities and increase the risk of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other diseases and tumors [1].

Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of ≥30 kg/m2 (weight divided by height squared) and is a condition
in which excess body fat accumulates to a certain extent that adversely affects health.

Obesity is characterized by dilation of adipose tissue and chronic low-grade systemic inflammation, which leads to the accumulation of ectopic adipocytes in the bone marrow cavity, which may impair bone regeneration and lead to osteoporosis [2].

People who are too obese are prone to osteoporosis for the following reasons:

Because of fat accumulation, some factors secreted by adipose tissue can cause bone to become thin, and osteoporosis
occurs over time.

Obesity increases pro-inflammatory cytokines and increases bone resorption, obesity is associated with an increase in visceral fat, but also increases bone marrow fat, and too much cellulite may not protect bones, resulting in fractures
.

Obese lifestyle habits increase the risk of
osteoporosis.

Obese people generally eat more and exercise less, resulting in hormone imbalance and fat accumulation in the body, and this lifestyle habit is one of the risk factors for osteoporosis; In addition, many obese people will be accompanied by diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and other diseases, which will increase secondary osteoporosis
.

In obese people, most of the internal environment will be weakly acidic
.
People who live irregularly for a long time, stay up late, like to eat high-protein, high-fat, high-sugar foods, and lack exercise, the internal environment is easy to be weakly acidic, calcium loss rate will be faster, and the corresponding bone health degree will be weaker
.

Now some teenagers, exercise less, unhealthy diet, such as always eat some junk food, carbonated drinks, develop a little fat, as a result, osteoporosis
will occur at a young age.

How can obese people prevent osteoporosis?

First, to reduce weight through reasonable diet and exercise; Do not overeat, eat three meals a day on time, meat and vegetarian combination, balanced nutrition
.
At the same time, it is necessary to reduce sedentary and do at least 150~300 moderate-intensity exercise per week, or 75~150 minutes of high-intensity aerobic exercise
per week.

Second, have a good lifestyle; Quit smoking and alcohol, go to bed early and get up early, and do not drink carbonated drinks
.

Third, properly irradiate the sun
.
The absorption of bone calcium requires vitamin D cooperation, and sun exposure can help the body synthesize vitamin D, so obese people should also do more outdoor exercise
.

Obese people should control their mouths and open their legs! The usual diet should eat more low-calorie and high-calcium foods, adhere to weekly appropriate exercise, but also regularly check bone density, osteoporosis can be prevented and treated, must be detected and treated
early.