Obesity is truly a global problem. American specialists think that it is a public epidermic disease. The number of obesity patients in America is growing sharply. It is reported that about 100 million (97 million adults) American are overweight or obesity that accounts for 55% of the total population and that causes thousands of death per year. The money spent on weight reduction is almost 2 billion dollars all around the world. Obesity is in deed difficult to be accepted and it has a severe effect human being health. Investigation pointed out that obesity population increase from 13% in 1960 to 22.5% in 1994 while other survey showed that 49.4% people are overweight in Hong Kong.
Nowadays, it is commonly believed that obesity is caused by supernutrition and hypomotility. Based on this opinion, people have made much effort to overcome obesity and many medicaments and therapies come up. However, none of them is truly effective. Instead, it is believed that some methods which emphasis on supplement of protein, vitamin and microelement can reduce weight and reform body figure as well as reduce clinical symptoms.
People are no longer satisfied with the explanation that the rapid rise of obesity is closely related with “supernutrition and hypomotility”. People realized gradually that hepatophilic virus can cause damage to every system of human body and that such damage should not be overlooked. It is unassailable that chronic hepatophilic viral disease can cause hepatic edema or secondary obesity.
During the past 20 years, we have recorded 2000 cases of which patients were found with abnormity at hepatic dullness area. Those who are diagnosed to have hepatic edema accounted for 26.95% (539 ׃ 2000) while that for secondary obesity accounted for 4.80% (96 ׃ 2000). To stitch in time is the only way. In other words, it is important to identify chronic hepatophilic viral disease and to give treatment in time before it leads to obesity or secondary obesity. Only then it is the best way of reducing weight.