Nutrition

Question 1

What is a obesogenic environment?

Answer 1

An abnormal environment in which obesity is the normal physiological response

• Sedentary lifestyle
• Urbanised living with less incidental exercise
• More technology

Question 2

How does industrialised global food supply contribute to food choice?

Answer 2

• TPP gives big food companies more power
• Increase portion sizes
• Increase high energy dense foods
• Increase take away in low SES areas

Question 3

What are the effects of the Mediterranean diet?

Answer 3

• Lower obesity
• Less diabetes
• Better CV health
• Improved cognitive

Question 4

What is the most important thing for type 1 DM in terms of diet and their insulin?

Answer 4

Matching CHO with insulin so dont get hypos and have good blood glucose levels

Question 5

What causes gestational diabetes? What are some risk factors? How does it influence the later risk of type 2 DM?

Answer 5

Pregnancy hormones make more hyperglycaemia and insulin fails to compensate
Risk factors; prediabetes, family history, age and weight pre pregnancy, ethnicity
Higher change of both mother and baby getting type 2 DM

Question 6

What nutrition can help baby born to mum with GDM?

When should solids be introduced?

Answer 6

• Breastfeeding reduces chances of type 2 and obesity later

- solids after 6 months, if before can increase weight gain

Question 7

What is the effect of a low calorie diet on type 2 DM?

Answer 7

Can reverse some of the effects- decreasing their insulin resistance and increasing their B cell function