How to scientifically replace meals and control weight? Nutrition experts tell you

Beijing, September 16 (Xinhuanet) -- With the strengthening of people's health awareness, more and more people are aware of the harm

What is a meal replacement food?

To a certain extent, unhealthy lifestyles such as irregular life, irrational diet, and unbalanced nutrition will lead to an increase

Ding Gangqiang, director of the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said in the roundtable dialogue that in the dietary structure of Chinese residents, the fat-to-energy ratio has continued to increase, reaching more than

Regarding the definition of meal replacement food, the Chinese Nutrition Society has formulated a meal replacement food group standard "T/CNSS002-2019 meal replacement food"

Li Keji, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Public Health of Peking University, particularly emphasized that the meal replacement food here refers to a special packaged food, which has specific specifications, specific eating methods, specific consumption amounts, etc

How to control weight scientifically?

Protein is a very important nutrient

"Controlling body weight is actually a balance

In daily life, we will hear the saying that "meal replacement is an IQ tax", is this really the case?

In fact, in the "Blue Book of Obesity Prevention and Control in China" issued by the Chinese Nutrition Society and the "Guidelines for the Medical Nutrition Treatment of Overweight Obesity in China" issued by the Clinical Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society, meal replacement is regarded as one of

Li Keji said that the meal replacement itself has a scientific basis

Ding Gangqiang pointed out that in accordance with the eight principles of the "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents 2022", scientific diet, so that food diversification, balanced diet, and balanced eating and movement can obtain a healthy weight

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Consumers' understanding of meal replacement is gradually deepening

Recently, Xinhua Net and Herbalife launched a questionnaire on meal replacement food consumption, and received nearly 14,000 questionnaires

Nearly 99 percent of participants said they had heard or understood about meal replacement products before, and 95 percent said they had purchased meal replacement products

From the perspective of the reasons for purchasing meal replacements, daily weight management, rapid energy replenishment (convenience) and advanced body management such as weight loss, muscle gain, and sculpting are the three major motivators for

It is not difficult to see from the survey that Chinese consumers' awareness and acceptance of meal replacement continue to increase, and the market demand is increasing and the prospects are broad

The meal replacement market urgently needs to be regulated

In recent years, China's meal replacement market is in a stage of

Zhang Zhiqiang, vice chairman of the China Health Care Association, said that in the meal replacement market, problems such as product homogenization and excessive product publicity are more obvious, which adversely affects
market development.
In the process of rapid development of the meal replacement market, industry standards have not kept up with the pace
of market development.

Zhang Zhiqiang put forward three suggestions for the development of the meal replacement industry, one is to be health-oriented to ensure that meal replacement food has sufficient nutrition
.
Meal replacement food should be taken under the guidance of nutritionists, doctors and other professionals, meal replacement food instead of part of the meal, other meals of normal diet
.
Second, based on science, we must lose weight scientifically
.
After consumers buy meal replacements, they need to pay attention to the nutritional composition list and scientifically formulate the consumption cycle, not only rely on meal replacements, but also maintain healthy and scientific living habits
on the basis of scientific diet and reasonable exercise.
In addition, meal replacement is not a drug, and its own diseases should be treated
according to the doctor's requirements.
Third, take laws and regulations as the norm
.
Meal replacement enterprises must strictly abide by laws and regulations when producing, selling and publicizing their own meal replacement food, ensure food safety, and refuse to exaggerate and false publicity
.

At the same time, Zhang Zhiqiang also stressed that different nutritional and health problems require different dietary structures and calories, nutrient ratios and intakes, and the types of meal replacement foods need to be further refined
.
I hope that more excellent companies like Herbalife will carefully develop more scientific and reasonable meal replacement foods to meet the health needs
of consumers.

David Herb talks about meal replacement foods as a high nutrient density product and one of
the effective solutions for weight management and healthy weight.
People can choose when they are busy and have no time to eat, and they can also be used for general health management
.
Herbalife strives for excellence in science and quality, has established 8 quality laboratories around the world, and established a "seed to table" quality and safety management strategy, from production to transportation and other aspects, strictly follow quality standards to provide product quality assurance
.

Guo Mu, President of Herbalife China and Senior Vice President of the World, pointed out that with the increasing maturity of the market, Chinese consumers' awareness of nutritious foods has gradually improved
.
When purchasing meal replacement products, consumers' consideration dimensions are more comprehensive and scientific
.
Herbalife advocates a scientific and healthy lifestyle, is committed to helping everyone integrate healthy eating habits into daily life, and makes meal replacement a powerful boost for
Chinese consumers to live a healthy lifestyle.

Experts said that with the gradual daily consumption of light food meal replacement, the consumer group has gradually expanded from the initial reduction of the body to the young group pursuing a healthy and efficient life, and the broader daily meal replacement market is expected to usher in important development opportunities
.