Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Food Energy, Healthy Diet, Gout
20 Apr 2016
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Chapter 9: energy balance & healthy body weight. Children 2-17 yo 18% overweight; 8% obese. 1 of 5 children & adolescents is overweight. Measure of underweight, normal weight, overweight & obesity (class i, class ii, class iii) Calculated by dividing weight in kg by height in meter2. Body composition- proportion of muscle, bone, fat, tissues that make up bw. Weight-for-height tables- easy to use, inexpensive, not accurate. Body mass index (bmi)- weight for height in people >20 yo; correlates with body fatness & degree of disease risk. Waist circumference (wc)- visceral fatness in proportion to body fatness; indicator of health risk (type 2. Dm, cvd, htn); men >102 cm (40 ); women >88 cm (35 ) Person"s disease risk profile- risk factors such as htn, type 2 dm, elevated blood cholesterol, smoking, alcoholic drinking. High blood lipids, sleep apnea, gout, arthritis. Die first during a siege or famine.
