Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Body Mass Index, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Adipose Tissue
2 Feb 2016
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Chapter 9 - healthy weight management and obesity. Children 2-17 yo - 18% overweight, 8% obese. 1 of 5 children and adolescents is overweight. Measure of underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity (class i, class ii, class iii) Calculated by dividing weight in kg by height in m. Proportion of muscle, bone, fate, tissues, that make up bw. Weight for height in people >20 yo; correlates with body fatness and degree of disease risk. Visceral fatness in proportion to body fatness; indicator of health risk (type 2 dm, cvs, hen); Risk factors such as htn, type 2 dm, elevated blood cholesterol, smoking, alcoholic men >102cm (40"); women > 88cm (35") Know categories and associated health risks; how to calculate bmi/what bmi score means. Die rst during a siege or famine. Disadvantaged during times of surgery or illness that limit their intakes (fasting for tests, low appetites) or increase their outputs (vomiting/diarrhea)
