NUTR 3360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: World Health Organization, Endometrial Cancer, Childhood Obesity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Nutrition
• Course: NUTR 3360
• Professor: Danyelle Liddle

Document Summary

Challenges with bmi as a measure of obesity: gender differences. Waist circumference is also an accepted method: male >/= (cid:1008)(cid:1004)(cid:863) = o(cid:271)ese, fe(cid:373)ale >/= (cid:1007)(cid:1004)(cid:863) = o(cid:271)ese, agai(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es are a (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ge of this method. Who (world health organization) global estimate in 2014: Approximately 1. 9 billion adults (age 18+) were overweight = 39% of the adult population. 600 million adults were obese = 13% of the adult population. A greater proportion of adult women versus men were overweight/obese. 41 million children (age < 5) were overweight or obese: childhood obesity is a risk factor for obesity in adulthood. Overweight and obesity are linked to more deaths than underweight! Once considered a high income country problem, overweight and obesity are now on the rise in low and middle income countries, particularly in urban settings. Major burden on social and medical programs around the world. Prevalence continues to rise around the world, as does the incidence of obesity-related health complications.