HWS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Health Literacy, Junk Food, Underweight
21 Jan 2019
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The latest available data show that 41% of australians aged 15-74 had a level of health literacy that was adequate or above. People living in a more disadvantaged areas and areas outside major cities, and people with poorer self-assessed health status, were more likely to have lower health literacy. Nutrition claims: low fat not added sugar . Tl system: based on nutrient profiling system. Health claims: rich in calcium for strong bones . Need for consumers to be educated/need for certain level of literacy. Dietary patterns may be more predictive of health than nutrients. Does not consider biological, social, or environmental aspects. Cues & rules for assessing food: lay categorization systems. Biomedical perspective: the relationship between weight and health status. Excess weight is redefined in terms of health implications. Obesity and overweight seen as a health" problem. Redefined as a an independent risk factor for many chronic diseases. Underweight no longer resulting from a lack of food availability.
