PSYCH 7A Chapter 42.2: Physical Effects of Being Out of Balance
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Physical imbalance: the word balance is comprised of choices and lifestyle, the world health organization (who) is the world"s leading institution in reporting health-related news and statistics. Monitors trends in worldwide health: who the rates of worldwide obesity have more than doubled since 1980. 1. 5 billion adults over 20 were estimated to be overweigh in 2008. Of the 1. 5 billion, 500 million men and women were classified in the obese range. Estimates that in 2010, 43 million children under the age of 5 were overweight. W/ obesity come health consequences: positive correlation between degree of being overweight and health consequences. Higher risk for: cardiovascular diseases, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, certain types of cancers such as, endometrial, breast. General psychology being out of balance: colon. As weight increases, a person potentially decreases the number of ears that he or she lives: on the other side of the out-of-balance physical well-being continuum is the presence of certain eating disorders.
