DIET 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Saturated Fat, Junk Food, Ghrelin
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Waist to hip ratio >0. 90 cm in men, >0. 85 cm in women increases risks of: Fat distributed in lower body and hips. If waist to hip ratio is low, healthier fat pattern. Associated with leading causes of death in the us. Sleep apnea, cessation of breathing during sleep. Gout, joint inflammation and pain due to hyperuricemia. Risks increase 300% if bmi > 30. Childhood obesity more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in past 30 years. 5% 12-19 year olds obese in 1980; 21% in 2012. In 2012, over of children and adolescents were overweight or obese. Most kids obese at age 11 will still be at age 16 (83% based on study of 4,000 children in u. s. : causes of obesity. Hormone made in small intestine, reduces appetite and limits food intake. Protein produced by fat cells to regulate fat storage. Decreases appetite when build up of fat.
