Guangdong Zhong Nanshan Medical Foundation and WONDERLAB Host “Scientific Weight Management · Nutrition in Action” Public-Welfare Event to Support Healthy Weight Management for All

In response to the Healthy China 2030 blueprint and the National Health Commission’s “Year of Weight Management” initiative, the “Scientific Weight Management · Nutrition in Action” public-welfare event was held in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, on July 25. Hosted by the Guangdong Zhong Nanshan Medical Foundation and the Yuehai Subdistrict CPPCC Members’ Workstation, with public-welfare support from WONDERLAB, the event used science education, interactive experiences, and public-welfare practice to provide community residents with practical weight-management guidance and promote health literacy.

Working with the Zhong Nanshan Medical Foundation: Medical Experts Bring Scientific Weight Management into the Community

At the event, Liang Shi, a specially appointed expert at Pingshan Hospital of Southern Medical University, delivered a science-education lecture titled “Managing Weight Scientifically, Shaping a Healthy Life.” He explained the metabolic mechanisms of obesity and intervention strategies, giving residents a scientific framework for weight management. He emphasized that weight management is not a race for speed, but a marathon for health. Its “four keys”—eating the right nutrition, moving with vitality, maintaining good sleep, and protecting the gut microbiome—must all be used effectively; only by building healthy lifestyle habits can people achieve scientific weight loss.

To help community residents pay closer attention to weight management and better understand their own health, the Guangdong Zhong Nanshan Medical Foundation, the Yuehai Subdistrict CPPCC Members’ Workstation, and WONDERLAB jointly invited an expert team from Nanshan People’s Hospital of Shenzhen: Deng Guifang, director of Clinical Nutrition; Wu Cuihua, head of General Practice; and chief physician Song Shuyi. They provided one-on-one health consultations, tailoring weight-management recommendations to residents’ BMI, body-fat percentage, dietary preferences, exercise habits, and other individual factors so that professional guidance could fit each person’s everyday context.

To turn scientific knowledge into community practice, the event also created an immersive “Health Garden Fair.” Health self-assessment stations, recipe DIY, fun quizzes, and a “fat-burning challenge course” helped residents deepen their understanding of health and nutrition. A dedicated Baduanjin teaching area invited Chen Bomian, an attending physician at the Dachong Community Health Service Center of the Nanshan District Medical Group headquarters in Shenzhen, to lead residents through this traditional wellness exercise. Cartoon “Blue Bottle” Baduanjin figures connected modern probiotic-gut-care concepts with Chinese wellness wisdom, encouraging urban residents to cultivate a healthy lifestyle that supports both inner and outer well-being. Through the immersive experience, participants learned full-cycle “measure–adjust–manage–evaluate” skills, and more than 200 health gift packs were distributed.

Many residents participated enthusiastically. Ms. Wang said in an interview: “This public-welfare event combined scientific testing with fun exercise and wellness activities, making weight management feel easy and accessible. It truly made us feel that health services are right here in our community.”

A representative of the Guangdong Zhong Nanshan Medical Foundation said: “This public-welfare event brought scientific weight-management solutions directly to residents’ doorsteps and provided a vivid model for integrating healthy lifestyles into the community.”

Research and Innovation Drive Health Practice: WONDERLAB Builds a Long-Term Public-Welfare Ecosystem

Since WONDERLAB and the Guangdong Zhong Nanshan Medical Foundation jointly established the “Blue Bottle Gut Health Special Fund” in 2022, the two sides have organized multiple online science livestreams and offline public-welfare activities, bringing gut-health and weight-management knowledge to more people. This event was another activity within their ongoing partnership.

As a Shenzhen-based biotechnology innovation company focused on microbiome research, WONDERLAB has cared about public health since its establishment. Since the beginning of this year, it has actively promoted public-welfare activities related to weight management. In March, WONDERLAB introduced its “Targeted Gut Microbiota Management Method” and, over the following months, joined NIO and other well-known companies in public-welfare activities such as low-carbon cycling and health yoga. In May, it co-hosted the first Greater Bay Area Health and Nutrition Festival with the Guangdong Nutrition Society; in June, it supported the “Greater Bay Area Urban Sports Carnival—Everybody Train” campaign. These efforts continue to deepen the integration of scientific weight management and mass fitness, while bringing more scientific weight-management options to people across China.

As the project lead of the Guangdong Zhong Nanshan Medical Foundation emphasized: “Weight management is a systematic undertaking that requires cross-sector collaboration. This event successfully integrated the expertise of medical institutions, the organizational strength of the community, and the innovation capacity of enterprises, providing a replicable model for bringing scientific weight-management solutions to the grassroots.”

As the national “Year of Weight Management” initiative advances, Shenzhen is exploring new pathways for urban health management by integrating technological innovation with community services. In this long-term effort for public health, evidence-based science and community care reinforce each other. WONDERLAB will continue to uphold its focus on evidence-based research and use R&D innovation to support its development, while working with more social partners to provide the Greater Bay Area with scientific, safe, and forward-looking solutions for healthy weight management for all.