PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Passive Smoking, Fat Tax, Positive Psychology
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Efforts to prevent smoking: provincial and municipal laws are reducing risks of secondhand smoke, banning smoking in public places. Smoking can kill you on cigarette packaging: verbal and visual effects of smoking shown. Defining healthy weights and obesity: when examining weight, height must be accounted for. Individual differences in physical activity may be a strong determinant of who can lose weight and keep it off: 50-90% of variation in body weight comes from genes, body type, metabolism, etc. The sedentary lifestyle: how you spend your time can affect your weight, television is one of the biggest contributors to obesity, computers are not as big of a contributor. Involves a greater deal of engagement than tv: people are more likely to snack while watching tv, video games contribute to obesity as well, sedentary lifestyles contribute to poor dietary and exercise habits.
