Huang Wei Ling
Infectious Diseases, General Practice, Nutrition, Acupuncture and Pain Management. Medical Acupuncture and Pain Management Clinic, Franca, São Paulo, Brazil
Corresponding author: Huang Wei Ling, Rua Homero Pacheco Alves, 1929, Franca, São Paulo, Brazil. 14400-010, Tel: +55 16 3721-2437; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: August 28, 2021
Published: September 28, 2021
EDITORIAL
To write this article, the author will use thoughts according to her clinical experience, combining the knowledge of western medicine with traditional chinese medicine (that exists for more than 5000 years) in her 29 years of clinical experience [1].
As the author describes in all her scientific articles, inspired by the influence of Hippocrates (460 bce - 375 bce), father of Medicine, she will use different points of view between the different medicines that existed in the past to explain what happens today in obese patients [2].
According to the article written by Rakhra V, et al. (2020) entitled « Obesity and the Western Diet: How We Got Here » is saying that obese patients are the leading cause of death and the number is increasing progressively. The association of obesity with cardiovascular and diabetes are the major causes of death in United States. The amount spending on treatment of this condition is up to 146 billion dollars per year, higher than the treatment of non-obese patients. Rakhra V, et al’s research says that the patients are considering the wrong eating habits mostly in Western population is the major cause of obesity in United States, Along with high in fat and sugar levels [3].