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Adult Obesity In Canada

Adult Obesity In Canada. Lets check out our neighbours too . Adult obesity in Canada - Presentation Layout -. Background Info What is Obesity ? BMI Scale Visceral Fat vs Subcutaneous Fat. Specific Details Men vs Women Canada vs USA Young vs Old

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Adult Obesity In Canada

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  1. Adult Obesity In Canada Lets check out our neighbours too 

  2. Adult obesity in Canada- Presentation Layout - Background Info • What is Obesity? • BMI Scale • Visceral Fat vsSubcutaneous Fat Specific Details • Men vs Women • Canada vs USA • Young vs Old • Unemployed vs Minimum Wage & Well Payed

  3. What is Obesity? Obesity is defined by ratio of fat to lean body tissue, or BODY COMPOSITION This percentage is converted to a number on the BODY MASS INDEX, BMI BMI is calculated as follows: Metric: BMI=weight(kg)/height (metres)2 Non-metric: BMI=weight(pounds)/height (inches)2 x 703 Obesity is not only found in Large people but also in Skinny people – Visceral fat

  4. What is Visceral fat? • Visceral Fat is the fat which surround the internal organs.  More dangerous than Subcutaneous Fat (Fat close to the skin level) • This is a dangerous fat to have as it drastically increases an individuals risk of Hypertension, Diabetes, Stroke, and Heart Disease. • Visceral fat is only measured accurately by an imaging machine that can see how much of the abdomen is made up of visceral fat. A person may be within a healthy weight range, but still have too much intra-abdominal fat around the internal organs. BMI scale cannot measure the amount of Visceral Fat per individual.

  5. What is the BMI scale? • The Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a tool used to calculate whether an individual is overweight, underweight, obese or normal weight based only on their height and weight. • The BMI is not Gender specific • The BMI is accurate for most of the General Population but for athletes, the elderly, and Vertically Challenged people (Love you Estefan <3 hehe), the BMI is incredibly in accurate.

  6. BMI Scale Readings BMI range Risk of developing health problems Underweight <18.5 Increased Normal weight 18.5 to 24.9 Least Overweight 25.0 to 29.9 Increased Obese Class I 30.0 to 34.9 High Obese Class II 35.0 to 39.9 Very high Obese Class III ≥ 40.0 Extremely high BMI is calculated as follows: Metric: BMI=weight(kg)/height (metres)2 Non-metric: BMI=weight(pounds)/height (inches)2 x 703

  7. BMI Pros and Cons PRO • Can predict an individuals idea weight based on height (supposedly) • The BMI scale is easy to use and can give a quick result when needed CON • Does not take Muscle mass / weight of muscle into account • BMI shows us that an individual with more muscle mass is at higher risk for CHD (Coronary Heart Disease) due to their appalling obese nature...blah! • BMI also may not accurately reflect body fatness in people who are under 5 feet and in older people, who tend to lose muscle mass as they age.

  8. CANADA vs USA • Canada’s adult obesity rate is significantly lower than that in the United States: 23.1% compared with 29.7%. • Canada currently has a 7.6% unemployment percentage and the USA has 8.7% unemployed • The USA has over 200 Fast Food Chains and Canada has 46 !

  9. The USA has over 200 QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) Chains • While Canada has just over 40… • How do you think this contributes to obesity in the USA? • If Canada has significantly fewer QSR choices, why do you think that the obesity percentage of population between the two countries is so comparable?

  10. USA obesity Diagram

  11. Young vs Old • In 2004, nearly one-quarter (23.1%) of adult Canadians, 5.5 million people aged 18 or older, were obese. An additional 36.1% (8.6 million) were overweight

  12. Diabetes Amongst Youth, 2002 – 2005 (USA)

  13. Unemployed (Low Income) • Those who are without a job are on a lower income. Therefore, those who are on a lower income will likely eat lower priced foods, drink cheaper beverages and buy in expensive living materials in order to stay alive. • McDonalds, Wendy’s, Subway, KFC, etc. are all examples of low cost foods. These, as we know, are incredibly taxing on the body. • 1 gram of trans fat / 2 grams of saturated fat, increases the risk of CHD (Coronary Heart Disease) by 20 % •  a double quarter ponder with cheese, which would feed one person for lunch or dinner, contains 20g of SaturatedFat…you do the math ;) (Winky Face)

  14. Unemployment: Ethnicity / Women

  15. Middle Class – Upper Class(Employed) • Naturally, those with more income can afford materials with a larger price tag, eg. The stake and garden greens salad from earls rather than the double quarter pounder with cheese from McDonalds. • Studies do show however, that those who have a larger income end up spending according to their income. Therefore, although they make more money, they end up in a very similar situation financially as those with a smaller income. This then leads them to consuming the foods that make Mr.O angry – Body Taxing Foods!!!!

  16. Canada vs USA Unemployment

  17. Employment Rate

  18. BMI>30kg/m^2 (black) and Abdominal Obesity (grey)

  19. Want to investigate some of the leading causes of obesity?? • Check out documentaries like FAST FOOD NATION • Starring: Ethan Hawke and Wilmer Valderama

  20. Sites Used • http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/#Diagnosed20 (diabetes graphs) • http://www.statcan.gc.ca/stcsr/query.html?qt=unemployment&charset=iso-8859-1&ct=300900200&qm=1&qp (statistics Canada)

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