Social and Political metabolics

Question 1

wrate at which new cases occur in a population

Answer 1

incidence

Question 2

Population proportion with disease at point in time

Answer 2

prevalence

Question 3

Prevalence is only appropriate in

Answer 3

stable conditions

Question 4

prevalence is inappropriate for

Answer 4

acute disorders

Question 5

something that increases your chance of disease

Answer 5

risk factor

Question 6

colon cancer risk factors (2)

Answer 6

smoking and age

Question 7

father of infectious disease epidemiology

Answer 7

Dr John Snow

Question 8

Dr John snow mapped

Answer 8

cholera in Soho London 1854 to water pump

Question 9

What is the metabolic syndrome problem

Answer 9

chronic condition triggered by weight gain

Question 10

Obesity trends in America

Answer 10

rust belt

Question 11

some states have what % obesity (particularly in South)

Answer 11

> 35%

Question 12

obesity increased in which ethnicity

Answer 12

hispanic

Question 13

obesity seen the most in which ethnicity

Answer 13

Black non hispanic

Question 14

in which countries are adults more obese

Answer 14

unequal rich countries

Question 15

what can play a role generationally in obesity

Answer 15

epigenetics

Question 16

epigenetics example

Answer 16

irish potato famine

Question 17

a lot of the obese population still conduct

Answer 17

manual labour

Question 18

what threatened Nixon’s campaign in 70s (2)

Answer 18

high food price and low farm incomes

Question 19

what trade deal was made with Malaysia

Answer 19

palm oil for corn

Question 20

what was cheaper than cane sugar

Answer 20

high fructose corn syrup

Question 21

high fructose corn syrup

Answer 21

HFCS55

Question 22

how much sweeter is high fructose corn syrup than sugar

Answer 22

7x

Question 23

high fructose corn syrup benefits (4)

Answer 23

freezer burn protection, browns, long life, sweeter

Question 24

what % supermarket products with high fructose corn syrup

Answer 24

80%

Question 25

problem with fructose

Answer 25

metabolically shunted straight to liver

Question 26

what can fructose do to insulin

Answer 26

build up resistance faster

Question 27

what has a lot of fructose

Answer 27

fruit juice

Question 28

what is as dense as beef fat and more saturated than pig lard

Answer 28

palm oil

Question 29

palm oil benefits (3)

Answer 29

good mouth taste, cheap, long life

Question 30

palm oil cons (4)

Answer 30

doesn't biodegrade in body, saturated fat, increases blood pressure, cholesterol, and body fat

Question 31

what happened to food with increased palm oil and high fructose corn syrup (4)

Answer 31

cheaper, tastier, sweeter, fattier

Question 32

what happened to animals (3)

Answer 32

fed corn, cheaper, hypergrowth

Question 33

food production was (2)

Answer 33

automated and centralised

Question 34

what was food production using

Answer 34

unregulated labour

Question 35

where was a case presented

Answer 35

fair work commission

Question 36

who is representing migrant workers

Answer 36

national union of workers

Question 37

what can US hamburgers contain

Answer 37

homogenised flesh and fat

Question 38

how many animals in one US hamburger

Answer 38

300

Question 39

increased number of animals in one burger can lead to

Answer 39

increased contamination and food poisoning

Question 40

how many cases of food poisoning a year in US

Answer 40

80 million cases

Question 41

how many deaths per year from contaminated food

Answer 41

5000

Question 42

incidence rate of food contamination US

Answer 42

27%

Question 43

how many cases of food contamination Australia per year

Answer 43

42 000

Question 44

how do maccas make profits

Answer 44

supersizing food

Question 45

changes in food production in US implications

Answer 45

world impact

Question 46

largest working time for a big mac

Answer 46

Nairobi (nearly 160 minutes)

Question 47

smallest working time for a big mac

Answer 47

Chicago (12 minutes)

Question 48

what have the change in food production in the last 40 years been greater than

Answer 48

rise of agriculture

Question 49

how is metabolic syndrome affected by change in food production (4)

Answer 49

cheap, convenient, satisfying, affluence in genetics for scarcity