PSY 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stimulus Control, Biopsychosocial Model, Eating Disorder
18 May 2016
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Body mass index in kg/height m^2: overweight 25 < bmi <29. 9, obese bmi > 30. 2008 -- 25% of adults who have bmi of 30 or higher simple tool, population based tables not personal. Women are more likely to be pear shape. More likely to have cvd if fat stores at stomach compared to thighs: ethnicity differences. African americans can have higher bmis and still be ideal (bmi -- 27) not race based data (bmi tables: frame sizes. Bc has nicer weather lifestyle as well. Ontario in middle rural, downtown, mixture, diverse multicultural higher in some places due to diet not as available or expensive. When fat cells shrink sends signal to help maintain set point weight. More larger fat cells larger hunger signal harder to lose weight, because body is trying to keep set weight. Psychosocial factors eat more when stressed alcohol adds calories to diet and reduces disposal of fat.
