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Lecture 24: Epidemiological Research In Action: Obesity Flashcards

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What are the four key measures in epidemiological research?

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  1. Descriptive
  2. Predictive
  3. Explanatory
  4. Evaluative
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What is descriptive?

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Current trends and burdens

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What is predictive?

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Future burden

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What are explanatory?

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  1. Changes over time

2. Differences between populations

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What is evaluative?

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The effectiveness of interventions

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What countries have highest rates of obesity?

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Pacific islands, middle eastern, Caribbean

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Which countries have lowest obesity rates?

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Japan
Vietnam
North Korea

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Are obesity trends predictable?

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Yes, often follow state to state etc

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Which countries have high child obesity rates?

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High income countries

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Describe the childhood obesity trends in low income countries?

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They tend to come into the epidemic later, but they rise steeply and often have under-nutrition burden as well

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What are the stereotypical obesity trends through a populations?

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Women then men
Middle-age then children
High SES then low SES
Urban then Rural

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What is the relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity in low income countries and women?

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Strong positive

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What is the relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity in low income countries and men?

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Positive

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What is the relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity in low income countries and children?

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Positive

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What is the relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity in high income countries and women?

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Strong negative

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What is the relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity in high income countries and men?

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Mainly negative

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What is the relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity in high income countries and children?

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Mainly negative

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What are some consequences of obesity?

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  1. Metabolic diseases
  2. Mechanical disorders
  3. Psychological problems
  4. Social consequences
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What are some metabolic diseases from obesity?

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Type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular diseases
Almost all cancers (esp colon, breast, uterine)
Gallbladder diseases

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What are some mechanical disorders from obesity?

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Arthritis
Back pain
Obstructive sleep apnoea
Skin disorders

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What are psychological disorders stemming from obesity?

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Low self esteem
Reduced quality of life
Depression

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What are the social consequences of obesity?

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Weight bias and discrimination

Reduced life opportunities

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What relative risk numbers do we take seriously?

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2-3 times higher

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What are the relative risk increases like for obesity as your BMI increases?

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As much as 10-20 times if you hit the BMI definition of obesity

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Is good data important?

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YES! You need good monitoring data to see specific trends and details (NZ is bad in this regard- UK is good with monitoring child obesity)

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What is data important for?

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Establishing predictive trends ie working out if it will flatten off etc

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What are the differences in child obesity depending on deprivation?

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Increased obesity in higher deprivation, lower obesity in lower deprivation

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What are the benefits of monitoring childhood obesity?

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  1. Can determine prevalence and trends
  2. Predict future trends
  3. Identify hotspots
  4. Contribute to policy and program evaluation
  5. Screening and feedback
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What types of prevalence rates and trends can child obesity monitoring generate?

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National, regional and local

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Why is identify hotspots through childhood obesity important?

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We can identify areas with low/decreasing obesity vs priority areas with high/increasing obesity

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How does monitoring childhood obesity contribute to policy and program evaluation?

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It’s difficult to measure impact in real world interventions

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How does screening and feedback relate to childhood obesity monitoring?

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Given data to parents

Referral systems for children with obesity

33
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What are individual questions related to childhood obesity?

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“Why am I getting fatter?

34
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What are population questions to the causes of obesity?

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Why is this population’s obesity prevalence going up?

Why is this populations obesity prevalence higher/lower than other populations?

35
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What do the answer to the cause of obesity depend on?

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The question

It can be: genetic, metabolic, behavioural, environmental (on individual level) or environments related to food or physical activity (macro/micro in size) and physical, economic, policy, socio-cultural in type.

36
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What differences does the answer to what causes obesity attempt to explain? (Example)

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Obesity in pacific islands

37
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What are the determinants of obesity like?

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Complex, interconnected aspects of society (think the crazy map)

38
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Why are all countries increasing in obesity (simultaneous global rise from the 1970s across all high/middle/low income countries)?

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Global drivers

39
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What are the two main global drivers in regards to obesity?

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Globalised food systems

Progressive reductions in occupational physical activity

40
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How does globalised food systems affect global obesity rates?

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  1. Increasingly processed, affordable, available and promoted tasty food
  2. Push effect from the environment (cheap etc)
  3. Passive consumption by population
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What is passive overconsumption?

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Without realising, consuming more calories than necessary

42
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What does similar obesity trends across all age groups tell us?

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It’s an environmental trend (not just a cohort)

43
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Describe USA food energy supply 1910-2000?

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Initially, physical activity decreased and so did energy consumption (as mechanics became more normal eg cars-needed less energy), but then food energy supply began to rise again, demonstrated by increase in food waste

44
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Where is there the biggest reduction in physical exercise?

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In occupational activity (is jobs)

45
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What is the biggest plausible reason for the simultaneous global increase in obesity?

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The changes in global food supply (price, product, placement, promotion) creating population “passive consumption” of energy

46
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How is obesity shaped by the economic environment?

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Income

Income disparities

47
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How is obesity shaped by physical environments?

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Food

Physical exercise

48
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How is obesity shaped by socio-cultural environments?

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Food
Physical activity
Body size

49
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How is obesity shaped by policy environments?

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Market regulation

50
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What four types of environments affect obesity levels?

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Economic environment
Physical environment
Socioeconomic environment
Policy environment

51
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What are two contrasting local environments?

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Japan: social/fashion to be thin, small portions
Pacific islands: love, hospitality shown through big portions

AKA a cultural thing, there was no health promotion in Japan for decreasing obesity in young women

52
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What is age distribution in pacific islands of obesity like?

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Kids are relatively lean until they hit around 20

53
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Are there ethnic disparities in NZ childhood obesity?

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Yes, Pacific Islanders and Maori are more at risk

54
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Where are health and social problems worse? (Obesity included as a social problem)

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In countries with higher inequality (eg income inequality)

55
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So, if global drivers are pushing global obesity up, why are there differences between populations?

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Because different local environments determine the trajectories of obesity in different populations

56
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Where is obesity intervention more important and difficult, with more uncertain evidence?

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At the environmental stage, with policy interventions (before people get disease, at physiology stage interventions won’t help)

57
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What are 4 ways obesity can be reversed?

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  1. Clinics (controlled clinical studies of treatment)
  2. Settings eg school (controlled prevention studies in setting)
  3. Communities (quasi-experimental prevention interventions in communities)
  4. States/countries (natural experiments, understand heterogeneity)
58
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What study exemplifies reversing obesity in children?

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The Cochrane meta-analysis

59
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What are three examples of preventions in children?

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Romp and chomp
Be active be well
It’s your move

(All implemented in schools)

60
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Did the healthy eating in schools programme curb obesity in pacific islands?

61
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What are three new system approaches to fighting obesity?

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  1. Progression of interventions over time
  2. Healthy Together Victoria
  3. Healthy families NZ
62
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How does progression of intervention over time work?

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Generation 1: implement programs and projects
Generation 2: build community capacity
Generation 3: re-orient existing systems

63
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What is health together Victoria?

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Taking a systems approach in 12 local government areas in Victoria

64
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What is healthy families NZ?

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Using htv model
10 sites around NZ
Added dimension of Maori and pacific populations with high obesity prevalence

65
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What does the natural experiment of the Cuba economic downturn in the 1990s show?

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Decrease in population obesity strongly associated with economic crisis, as increased physical activity, less dietary intake. Obesity levels started to rise as Ebonics restabilised

66
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Did mortality rates increase or decrease due to the Cuban economic crisis?

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Decreased, the rose as economics got better

67
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What’s the brief timeline of solving obesity epidemic?

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1980s: scientists identify epidemic
1990s: advocacy to get obesity on public/political agenda
2000s: increased awareness and some action- largely program based
2010: evidence of effectiveness of interventions, plateaus, declines in some populations, increasing battles over food policies

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What are three environmental determinants for obesity?

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Systemic drivers (eg policy and economic enabling/promoting high growth and consumption)
Env drivers (food supply and marketing promoting high energy intake)
Env moderators (socioeconomic/cultural/transport which amplify drivers
69
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What are behaviour patterns in the obesity determinant model?

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High energy intake with low physical activity

70
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What is the physiology aspect of the obesity determinant model?

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Energy imbalance: high total energy intake pushing energy imbalance (hard to fix, only drugs and surgery really)

71
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Are upstream obesity determinants easy to change?

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No, they’re complex, governments don’t want much to do with it etc

72
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Does NZ use the WHO definition of obesity?

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No, so our child obesity rates are probably actually higher

73
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What is the BMI classification of obese?

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30 (and you are 15-20 times for likely to get type 2 diabetes)

74
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What are examples of changes in the global food supply?

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Price
Promotion
Product
Placement

75
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What is heterogeneity?

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A word that signifies diversity

76
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What does the Cuban economic decline exemplify?

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A natural experiment, showing how lack of resources resulted in lower obesity which also correlated with decreased mortality, decreased disease etc obesity and so on, quite quickly

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