NUTR 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nutrient, Abdominal Obesity, Myplate
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Spring 2015 nutr 280 nutrition for wellness (03 & 04) Lecture outline (april 2, 2015): chapter 9 - energy balance and weight management. Today"s lecture: review instructions for phase iii of da project & begin lecturing on chapter 9. Incidence of obesity: 1960 to 2009 comparison (note: don"t memorize the numbers. Overweight being too heavy for one"s height; bmi of 25 kg/m2 and < 29. 9 kg/m2. Usually due to an excess body fat. obese having excess body fat with a bmi of 30 kg/m2. Extreme obesity or morbid obesity - bmi 40 kg/m2: what"s wrong with having too much body fat. Lean body mass body mass attributed to nonfat body components such as bone, muscle, and internal organs. Bmi used to measure the healthfulness of body weight: measure of body weight relative to height, correlates significantly with _________________________, measurement for determining health _______________ associated with body weight. Metric conversions: 1 kg = 2. 2 lbs; 1 m = 39. 37 in.
