GEO 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Coronary Artery Disease, European Cooperation In Science And Technology, Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
27 Mar 2016
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Overweight and obesity are deined as abnormal fat accumulaion that may impair health. Body mass index (bmi) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify overweight and obesity in adults. It is deined as a person"s weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters. A bmi greater equal to 25 is overweight. A preventable condiion but rates worldwide have double since. 2014 report (insitute for health metrics and evaluaion) covered. 39% of world"s adults (over 18) were overweight and 13% were obese that is 2. 1 billion people (adults over 18) Links to income and development = rise in obesity. Increasingly sedentary nature of many types of work. Assumpion that obesity is a problem of industrialized naions. Childhood obesity is associated with: higher chance of adult obesity, premature death, adult disability, breathing diiculies, increased risk of fractures, hypertension, early onset of cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, psychological efects.
