PEDS334 Lecture Notes - Adipose Tissue, Abdominal Cavity, Childhood Obesity
28 Apr 2013
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Sept 25 obesity excess adiposity in adults and children: metabolic consequences. One factor is genes (susceptibility genes) some people may have these genes but may never become obese. Monogenic syndromes platter willy syndrome (associated with upper body obersity) bardett associatied with gene mutation that causes obesity. Obesity is starting to increase, and this is due to environmental factors. Its hard to measure food intake of a person, so its hard to say if food intake is the main cause of obesity. An increase in bmi correlates with an increased relative risk of certain diseases increases. Increased body weight due to excessive accumulation of fat: disease in which excess body fat has accumulated such that health may be adversely affected (kopelman, 2000, must be able to measure fat content and health status. Risk factor: a variable which improves your chance of another event occurring.
