FNH 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Omnivore, Hectare, Thyroid

• School: UBC
• Department: Food, Nutrition and Health
• Course: FNH 355
• Professor: Candice Rideout

Document Summary

Iron deficiency: associated with calorie intake, commonly misdiagnosed, 33% of adults. Obesity: diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory problems (sleep apnea), increased risk of cancer, may or may not experience own personal risk, physical fitness is predictive, 40% of adults in the world. Malnutrition: a continuum: undernutrition, good nutrition, and overnutrition, undernutrition, not enough calories, protein, vit. & minerals: stunting (too short, overnutrition, too many calories, over consumption of specific nutrients. Water scarcity: economic water scarcity: society does not have the economic capacity to distribute and use the water, due to contamination, wastewater. Hunger and starvation: lack of infrastructure and resilience (third world or developing, countries at war, countries like yemen, india and afghanistan. Obesity, overconsumption and diabetes: america, philippines, canada, ethnicity can be predictive of type 2 diabetes, possible causes, more technology to produce processed food, ex. In canada, putting iron into flour: education and overall socioeconomic status.