PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14.1: Passive Smoking, Health Psychology, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Study positive and negative effects that human behaviour and decisions have. Cancer, heart disease, pulmonary disease such as emphysema. Many factors: whether family member smoke, personality, economic status. Body mass index(bmi): a statistic commonly used for estimating a healthy body. Defining healthy weights and obesity weight give an individual"s height. People are becoming obese earlier in canada. Genes count for 50%to 90% of the variation in body weight. it influence body type, metabolism, and other physiological processes. Genes affect the development of a set point, a hypothesized mechanism that serves to maintain body weight around a physiologically programmed level. Initial set point determined by genetics, while actual weight is affected by environments. Strong relationship between watching television and being obese. Weak relationship between using computer and being obese. What children eat is affected by family. Obese individuals pay more attention to food cues. The drive to eat increases as more time passed since the last meal.
