The month of Comprehensive Men’s Health is celebrated every November and the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) has indicated that in the country 7 out of 10 men are overweight or obese.
Citing these data from the 2021 National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut), he also recalled that 30.5 percent of men have hypertension and 13.8 percent suffer from type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The “Lose Kilos, Gain Life” program aims to fight against male obesity
Given this scenario, the supervisor of Social Security Nutrition Projects, María Nayeli Acosta Gutiérrez, urged the rightful inhabitants to carry out the PrevenIMSS check-up. Likewise, she encouraged them to be part of the NutrIMSS educational sessions, the “Lose Kilos, Gain Life” program and the healthy plate to adopt adequate nutrition and thus avoid or control chronic diseases and even some types of cancer.
In turn, the specialist added that it is important that the beneficiaries know the “Lose Kilos, Gain Life” program, in which, together with the educational sessions, a medical assessment is carried out at the beginning and at the end of the six-month intervention. .
The workday can make it difficult to eat meals on a regular schedule
In addition, in the Family Medicine Units (UMF) with nutrition service, agreement companies and in modules that serve Social Security workers, their weight and waist circumference are monitored monthly and recommendations are provided for the adoption of habits healthy.
Thus, the specialist has determined that “among the main day-to-day challenges of men for good nutrition and avoiding being overweight is the working day that can make it difficult to eat food on a regular schedule… And that, culturally, men In general, they are not in charge of preparing their food, they prefer to eat what is easiest and most accessible, even if it is not healthy, they associate maintaining an adequate weight more with an aesthetic condition than a health condition, and they go less to preventive care or consultation” .