Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Resting Metabolic Rate, Female Athlete Triad, Adipose Tissue
25 Nov 2016
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Obesity: popular media images: faceless people, only torsos of people with obesity. Obesity: perfect at any size images: people are human and doing everyday things, living their lives, away from the stigma of obesity. Obesity: linked with many chronic diseases, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cv disease, osteoarthritis, and certain types of cancer. In 2012, 41. 3% of canadian men and 26. 9% of women were classi ed as overweight (bmi ndings because it is easy to do with large samples of people, measuring height and weight) 19% of men and 18% of women were classi ed as obese in canada in 2012. Combined rates have remained stable since 2010. Childhood obesity: canadian children have become progressively overweight and obese. 31. 5% of 5-17 year old children over weight (19. 8%) or obese (11. 7%) compared to 15% in 1978: linked to insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, discrimination, and decrease social well- being.
