Obesity and Health Flashcards
1
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Obesity:
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- excess weight affects health
- chronic disease (not just a symptom or risk factor)
2
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Person-first language:
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- person first, not their disease
- ex. person with obesity, not obese person
- reduce stigma associated with chronic diseases tied to lifestyle choices
- increasingly becoming standard practice
3
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Factors that influence the development of obesity:
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- societal influences
- food production
- food consumption
- individual psychology
- individual activity
- activity environment
- biology
4
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How to measure obesity:
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- diagnostic tests with their own cut off points (BMI, tricep skinfold thickness, waist circumference, DXA)
- vary in cost
5
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BMI =
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weight/height squared (kg/m^2)
6
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Most common measure in both research and practice:
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BMI
7
Q
____ needs to be considered when defining overweight and obesity.
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age
8
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Children under 5 years of age:
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- overweight is weight-for-height greater than 2 SD above WHO Child Growth Standards median
- obesity is weight-for-height greater than 3 SD above the WHO CGS
9
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Children aged between 5-19 years:
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- overweight is BMI-for-age greater than 1 SD above the WHO Growth Reference median
- obesity is greater than 2 SD above the WHO Growth Reference median
10
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Problems with BMI:
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- doesn’t take into account lean vs fat mass (football linebacker would be classified as having obesity)
- good for use at population level, more info needed to diagnose obesity at the individual level
11
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Stage 0 obesity:
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- medical: absent
- mental: absent
- functional: absent
12
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Stage 1 obesity:
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- medical: pre-clinical risk factors
- mental: mild
- functional: mild
13
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Stage 2 obesity:
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- medical: co-morbidity
- mental: moderate
- functional: moderate
14
Q
Childhood obesity is perceived as especially concerning because…
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unhealthy eating behaviours tend to persist into adulthood
15
Q
Children with obesity and their parents (usually ____) are often _____ and _____ for their size.
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- mothers
- blamed
- shamed
