Tutorial

Question 1

How do you work out BMI

Answer 1

Height divided by weight squared

Question 2

What is overweight BMI

Answer 2

25 or above

Question 3

How many people are overweight?

Answer 3

40% of population

Question 4

How many people have mild obesity

Answer 4

20% of population

Question 5

How many people have moderate-severe obesity?

Answer 5

10%

Question 6

What are adverse effects for obesity for physical health?

Answer 6

diabetes, cardiovascular disease, high

blood pressure

Question 7

What are adverse effects for obesity for mental health?

Answer 7

h: Little or no association with mental health
impairment independent of mediating factors, namely, BD,
EDB and poor physical health, which are also far more
likely for moderate-severe obesity

Question 8

What is the prevalence of eating disordered behaviour?

Answer 8

approx. 10% women and 5% men but numbers increasing for both

sexes

Question 9

What are the adverse effects of physical health for eating disorders?

Answer 9

h:Little or no association with physical health
impairment other than medical complications associated with very low
body weight (anorexia) and chronic use of extreme weight-control
behaviours (anorexia and bulimia)

Question 10

What are the adverse effects of mental health for eating disorders?

Answer 10

association with mental health impairment, particularly

symptoms of anxiety and depression

Question 11

What is the definition of body dissatisfaction?

Answer 11

• A person’s negative thoughts about his or her body, including
negative evaluations of body size, shape, muscularity/muscle tone,
and weight, and usually involving a perceived discrepancy between a
person’s evaluation of his or her body and his or her ideal body

Question 12

What are the adverse effects for physical health for body dissatisfaction?

Answer 12

Physical health: Little or no association with physical health
impairment independent of mediating factors

Question 13

What are the adverse effects for mental health for body dissatisfaction/

Answer 13

Mental health: Strong association with mental health impairment in
both women and men, independent of association with EDB and at
relatively low levels

Question 14

Whats the best prevention of obesity

Answer 14

•Psychological/behavioural treatments for obesity not brilliant
• Surgical options far and away the most effective treatment for severe
obesity but expensive

Question 15

Whats the best prevention for BD/EDB

Answer 15

Some success in controlled trials of targeted interventions in high-risk
populations, more recently, universal prevention programs targeting key
risk factors such as BD and media literacy