NUTR 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Dyslipidemia
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Wc: waist circumference: important indicator of excess abdominal upper body", or visceral" fat. These are increased when a man > 102cm or woman >88cm. Perception that eating well is more difficult. Obesity: public health challenges: ambivalence/lack of concern/ ignorance is bliss", eating/enjoyment of food, leisure and pleasure, culture and tradition, personal choice, priorities, misinformation and myths, parental disconnect re: children"s weight and health risks. Public health efforts to curb obesity: british government targets obesity" (2008) Support healthy lifestyles: cdpac: chronic disease prevention alliance of canada (2010) Dietitians of canada: make environments where children learn, play and live more physically active and healthy eating, identify the risk of obesity at an early age, increasing the availability and affordability of nutritious foods. Weight loss is the number one type of consumer fraud. Fact: 95% of attempts at weight loss fail to produce long term healthy body weight.
