KNES 348 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: Frequent Urination, Cerebrovascular Disease, Insulin Resistance
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Obesity, diabetes, and physical activity 5/11/2015 1:35:00 pm. Overweight is body weight that exceeds the normal or standard weight for a particular person based on height and frame size. Obesity is the condition of having an excessive amount of body fat: in general, more than 25% bfp in men and more than 35% Bfp in women place that individual as obese but there are no exact standards. Waist circumference reflects visceral abdominal fat, which increases the risk for disease: needs cutpoints between different ethnicities. Prevalence has dramatically increased since the 1970s: 31% of men and 33% of women in the united states are obese, 71% of men and 62% of women in the united states are overweight or obese. Prevalence in children has increased markedly since 1980. Body weight appears to be regulated around a set point of caloric intake vs. energy expenditure.
