Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Junk Food, Fallacy, Osteoarthritis
18 Dec 2017
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Pages 94 127 & roberts et al. reading. * don"t need to know statistics but know trends in roberts readings. Linked with many chronic diseases, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardio vascular disease, osteoarthritis, and certain types of cancer. In 2012, 41. 3% of canadian men and 26. 9% of women were classified as overweight. 19% of men and 18% of women were classified as obese. Negative images that lead to the perceptions that obesity is all the individuals fault. Lazy, unhealthy, no effort to change, lacking discipline, unintelligent, lacking willpower. These ideas need to be changed often people who are obese are trying to change. Obesity is not just a problem of health it is a problem of society people treat and perceive people with obesity in very negative and harmful ways. This disease is made out to be an individuals fault. Weight stigma is socially acceptable in our society.
