ANT 252 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: Human Body Weight, Subcutaneous Tissue, Body Mass Index
25 Oct 2014
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4 facts about social distribution of obesity: gender difference in total percent and site of body fat & prevalence of obesity, concentration of obesity in certain ethnic groups. In developing countries, postitive associate between social class and obesity and inverse correlation between class and protein/calorie malnutrition. In us, inverse correlation of class and obesity for females o: social class is strongest social epidemiological predictor for o females. Thrifty genotypes for times when weather didn"t permit good agriculture and resulted in scarcity.
