Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Heredity

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

Document Summary

Slow weight gain a major cause of overweight & obesity weight management important for everyone (slow weight gain over many years is what leads to overweight and obesity, it is a gradual process) Early adulthood good time to adopt healthy behaviours (develop healthy habits, easier to maintain habit than to start a new habit in adulthood) Several lifestyle factors are critical for long-term weight management. Cornell university (2003) students put on an average of 15 lbs between time they left high school and end of first year university ( freshman 15 ) 4 lbs during the first 3 months eleven times expected weight gain for typical 17-18 year old and twenty times expected weight gain for average adult. Accounted for by all-you-can eat dining facilities, more number of evening snacks, increased number of weekend meals, increased consumption of junk" foods, recent dieting. University of guelph (2006) suggest that freshman 15 is a myth.