Week 11 - Food Nutrition & Disease Flashcards
Risk factors for chronic disease
- 6 overarching factors
Demographic Behavioural Biomedical Genetic Environmental Social
Lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease
Tobacco smoking
Excess weight
Physical inactivity
Poor diet
BMI classes
18.5 = underweight
18.5-24.9 = normal
25-30= overweight
30 = obese
35-39.9 = severely
40 = very severe
ways to define O&O
BMI, Skin folds, waist to hip ratio, waist circumference
Non-dieting approaches to weight loss
- 5 things
Mindful eating
Health at every size (HAES) movement
Weight based discrimination
Fat acceptance
Fat activism
Describe mindful eating (2)
focusses on your eating experience rather than the food
that you are eating.
Involves focusing on the senses and body’s emotional reaction
Describe the Health At Every Size (HAES) Movement
- 3 things
Self-acceptance regardless of differences in weight,
physical size, and shape
Physical activity that supports pleasure-based movement
for enjoyment and enhanced quality of life
Normalised eating rather than fad diets.
what is osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is accelerated bone loss
how to prevent risk of osteoporosis
- 3 things
Increase dietary calcium
Increase sunlight exposure particularly if housebound or institutionalised
Increase weight bearing exercise
what is hypertension
high blood pressure. It can lead to severe health complications and increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and sometimes death.
What is diabetes
occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high
because the body cannot use insulin well or make enough
What is heart disease?
generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels
Adequate waist to hip ratio for men and women
- 8 women
0. 9 men
adequate waist circumference
<88cm
<95cm
