中医“治未病”思想在预防儿童单纯性肥胖症应用

Application of Preventive Treatment of Disease Theory in Childhood Obesity Prevention

儿童肥胖目前在全球呈流行趋势。儿童肥胖对于儿童的危害不仅仅局限于当下,更会加大儿童成年后患心血管及内分泌方面疾病的风险。因此,儿童肥胖的防治迫在眉睫。中医对于肥胖病的认识历史悠久,其中经典的"治未病"思想对于肥胖防治有重大的指导作用。儿童肥胖应坚持"防大于治",结合肥胖的影响因素,鼓励儿童建立良好的饮食习惯、生活习惯、运动习惯,帮助儿童远离肥胖危险。现代研究发现儿童肥胖与环境因素息息相关,因此除了儿童自身外,家长、学校乃至全社会都要为儿童肥胖的预防做出努力。

Children obesity becomes more and more popular in the world. Obesity is bad to their health. And when they grow up, it can increase the risk of getting cardiovascular disease and endocrine disease. So, it＇s important to prevent obesity. Obesity is also mentioned in ancient China. Preventive treatment of disease theory is significant. Children should focus on the importance of prevention. Children should be encouraged to establish a good eating and exercise habits, so the danger of obesity will be far away from children. Recent research shows that obesity is related to environmental factors. Thus, parents, school and society should make effort to help children prevent obesity as well.