01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Respiratory Disease, Overeating, Cortisol

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: ESTELLE MAYHEW

Document Summary

In the united states people are now more likely to die from the following than from infectious diseases: heart disease, cancer, strokes, lung diseases, accidents. All of these causes of death are at least partially outcomes of lifestyle. All of these are preventable by lifestyle. Dailey habits such as poor nutrition, overeating, smoking, alcohol use, and lack of exercise contribute to nearly every major cause of death in developed nations. Body mass index: a ratio of body weight to height used to measure obesity: people with bmis > 25 overweight, >30 obese, two issues with bmi to predict health. It underscores for females and over scores for males. Maladaptive eating habits likely responsible for much of the poor health associated with obesity. Cancer grows in the presence of glucose so in order t avoid the risk. Jerf movement just eat real food of getting cancer, avoid sugars. Variety of available food contributes to maladaptive eating.