Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Junk Food, Insulin Resistance, American Diabetes Association

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1001A/B
• Professor: Shauna Burke

Document Summary

Slow weight gain a major cause of overweight and obesity weight management is important for everyone. Early adulthood good time to adopt healthy behaviours. Several lifestyle factors are critical for long term weight management. Cornell university (2003) students put on an average of 15lbs between the time have they left high school till the end of first year university. Students gained roughly 4lbs during the first 3 months (11x the expected weight gain for a typical 17-18 year old and 20x the expected weight gain for an average adult) Accounted for by all-you-can eat dining facilities, increase in the number of evening snacks, increase in the number of weekend meals, increase in the consumption of junk food. Suggested that freshman 15 is a myth. Study included more than 100 first year women. Women gained roughly 5lbs between the time they left high school and ended their first year at university.