NSD 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Heredity, Adipose Tissue, Heritability
22 Oct 2014
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Overweight is an epide mic diseas e in the united states in children and adults. Definition of obesity weighing more than 20% above the avera g e for age and height. There are several types of weight stand ar d s one is averag e weight based on life insuranc e population and anoth er is base d on desirable weights which have resulted in longest lifespan. These tables are given for various fram es. Height weight tables do not recognize different rates of growth in adolesc e n t s nor muscle in athlete s. weight gain in adulthood is usually fat. Obesity is associat e d with increas e d risks of heart diseas e, hypert e n sion (high blood pressur e),no n insulin depe n d e n t diabet e s, and possibly shorter life span. Body mass indices, such as wt/(ht square d), correlat e with fatness.
