PSYC 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Food Marketing, Food Industry, Health Promotion
30 Jan 2018
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Role of food in society: social activities full of symbols and meaning, changes in society have produced changes in consumption habits, extremes: anorexia, bulimia obesity. Food has a richer role than the biological aspect. Obesity: prevalence in canada: strong decline in fitness levels over past 2 decades. 37% overweight; 24% obese: levels of obesity and risk of developing health problems : class i (bmi 30. 0 to 34. 9): high risk. Calculation by body composition, proportion classified as overweight or. Teen boys (15 to 19), rose from 14% to 31% between 1981 and 2009. Teen girls, increased from 14% to 25% Class ii (bmi 35. 0 to 39. 9): very high risk is. Obesity trends and prevalence: world-wide problem, but significant differences: Between countries sub-groups of the population (e. g. , middle aged people) prevalence also related to life style factors (individual responsibility side) Leisure-time, physical activity levels, and sex sharp increases in prevalence in most places.
