NURSING 2LA2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Very Low-Density Lipoprotein, Body Fat Percentage, Lipoprotein
12 Jun 2015
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Childhood obesity: rates of childhood obesity have tripled since 1980 in the u. s. 22 million children under give are estimated to be overweight worldwide. Parents and children may not have enough hospital beds. If this trend continues, in 20 years we can expect 70% of the 35-44 year olds in canada to be overweight or obese vs. 57% who are currently overweight or obese. 2012: at or above the 97th percentile for their age and gender is considered obese for 5-19 year old group, and above 99. 9th percentile is considered severe obesity, above the 85th percentile is considered to be overweight. In canada, adolescents are the age group most affected by overweight and obesity. Statistics canada data: some of the obesity risk screen time than 5 vegetables factors identified with were more than 2hrs of per day and the consumption of less servings of fruits and per day. School food and activity: community locality.
