Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Body Mass Index, Body Shape, Adipose Tissue
21 Feb 2017
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Chapter 9: energy balance and healthy body weight. With the rise of social media, this has gotten worse. Obesity is now declared a chronic disease. Thrifty phenotype - baby was underfed in utero -> cells start to resist glucose. Who is most prone to abdominal fat: men, women after menopause. What are the risks of extra abdominal fat: obesity. Insulin resistance -> can lead to diabetes: high cholesterol. What is an apple shape and what is a pear shape: visceral fat in stomach -> pear shape, visceral fat around the hips & thighs -> premenopausal women. Waist circumference - visceral fatness in proportion to body fatness; indicator of health risk (type 2 dm, chd, hbp); men >102 cm (40 in); women >88 cm (35 in) Bmi is not a good measure or indicator of body composition for all groups of people: an athlete may be seen as obese because of their muscle mass.
