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3.2 Obesity and Overweight Flashcards

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Body Mass Index

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a calculation used that compares a person’s height to weight ratio as a tool to indicate health

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BMI underweight

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below 18.5 underweight

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BMI Pros

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  • Inexpensive
  • Non-Invasive
  • Accurate with good height and measurements
  • Has been a valid and reliable measure for the population
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BMI Cons

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  • Does not account for body fat
  • Influenced by age
  • People with high muscle mass will have a higher bmi
  • Varies by gender
  • Athletes have higher bmi
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Normal BMI-exam

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18.5 - 24.9 normal

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Overweight BMI-exam

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25-29 Overweight

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Obese BMI-exam

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> 30 Obese

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Weight circumference women-exam

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31.5 inches - low risk
31.5-36 Medium Risk
36+ Inches High risk

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Waist to hip ratio-exam

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  • Measures the distribution of the body fat and weight versus hips
  • Apple versus pear-shaped
  • Higher distribution of body fat in the waist increases risk of disease
  • carrying more body fat and hips is lower risk
  • equally valid measure of abdominal obesity compared to a circumference
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Waist to hip ratio-exam

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> .90 Men

>.85 Women

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Consequences of obesity

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  • Stroke
  • coronary heart disease
  • high blood pressure
  • high HDL cholesterol
  • low LDL cholesterol or
  • high levels of triglycerides(dyslipidemia)
  • type two diabetes
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Chronic diseases caused by obesity

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  • Sleep apnea
  • breathing problems
  • heart disease
  • osteoarthritis
  • some cancers
  • dying at an early age
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Lifestyle and genetic factors causing obesity

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  • Physical inactivity
  • diet high in fats carbs overeating
  • genetics
  • medication disease
  • psychological factors
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Social determinants of health- define

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Conditions or environments by which people spend their lives growing living aging and working that determine their health outcomes

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Social determinants of obesity

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  • Access to healthcare
  • Low access to fresh food
  • high crime neighborhood’s
  • educational attainment
  • literacy
  • knowledge of healthy habits
  • social support
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More social determinants of obesity

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Income level 
education opportunities 
occupation status 
workplace safety 
food and security 
access to housing and utility services 
social support
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Social determinants continued

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Crime rates 
availability of transportation
 neighborhood conditions 
access to safe drinking water 
clean air and toxin free environments 
recreational leisure 
gender inequality
 racial inequality

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