Obesity Flashcards
What percentage of Americans are overweight or obese?
68%
What nationalities have children most likely to be obese?
hispanic boys
non-hispanic black girls
The number of Americans with 3 or more chronic illnesses has increased by (blank)% in the last decade?
85%
Obese Americans spend about 42% more on (blank) than normal weight Americans.
42%
Obesity can develop only from an excess of (blank) intake over expenditure
energy
T/F: For weight loss, only calories count.
True
(blank) alone account for increases in body fat.
calories
There has been a sharp increase in the number of (blank) available in the food supply (from 3200 to 3900 per day)
calories
Most Americans (70%) do not believe that (blank) cause weight gain
calories
Is number of calories expended in physical activity sufficient to offset consumption?
No
The cornerstone of obesity treatment; includes diet, physical activity, and behavioral therapy
lifestyle therapy
Lifestyle intervention reduced incidence of diabetes by (blank)%
58%
(blank) decreased incidence of diabetes by 31%
Metformin
Physicians who address lifestyle change discuss (blank) 65% of the time, (blank) 62% of the time, and refer patients to nutritional counseling 25% of the time.
weight; exercise
Bottom line, few physicians inform patients of their (blank) or provide related counseling. Some physicians don’t even measure height and weight!
BMI
T/F: Insurance companies are increasing covering obesity treatment to address rising healthcare costs.
True
Huge database of people who have had successful weight loss.
National weight control registry
List some “easy wins”
prescribe less sugar sweetened beverage prescribe fruits and vegetables prescribe a meal replacement or two prescribe a pedometer decrease foods consumed away from home
Most favorable changes occur with (blank) min/day of physical activity
30-60
