Obesity

Question 1

WHat are essentially the 4 stages of the chronic disease continuum?

Answer 1

1. Development, social, environmentl, and genetic determinants
2. health risk behaviors, and other facotr
3. chronic condition
4. chronic disease

Question 2

what are the 3 types of epidemiology we’re concerned with?

Answer 2

1. descriptive epidemiology (describe the distribution of a disease in a group)
2. Analytic epidemiology (discovers the causes of each of the factors along the continuum)
3. intervention and evaluation research

Question 3

WHat are the 4 levels of prevention strategy?

Answer 3

health promotion (target entire population)

primary (target those with 1+ risk factors)

secondary (target those with limited disease)

tertiary (target those with symptomatic or advanced disease)

Question 4

What is a normal BMI?

Overweight?

Obese?

Answer 4

18-24.99 is normal

25 - 29.9 is overweight

30 and up is obese

Question 5

What is BMI a measure of?

Answer 5

it’s a measure of weight in relation to height

kg/meters^2

or lb/inches^2 x 703

Question 6

About how many deaths annually may be attributable to obesity?

Answer 6

300,000

Question 7

THe displacement/hydrostatic formularequires what additional measurement?

Answer 7

residueal lung volume

can be estimated by one third of forced bital capacity

Question 8

What is normal for a waist to hip ratio in men and women?

Answer 8

men <1.0

women <.8

Question 9

One pound of fat is ___ calories

Answer 9

3500

Question 10

calories are ___ across food groups

Answer 10

equivalent

Question 11

what are the USDA recommendations for calorie intake?

Answer 11

women = 1600

men = 2200