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Obesity

Obesity. By Julie, Lene & Tineke. Index. What is Obesity? Statistic Causes of Obesity The Risks of Obesity Predictions. What is obesity?. Fleshiness: more than average fatness (seriously overweight) BMI. Waistline Height minus 100 Hip-waist-ratio. The global obesity problem.

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Obesity

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  1. Obesity By Julie, Lene & Tineke

  2. Index • What is Obesity? • Statistic • Causes of Obesity • The Risks of Obesity • Predictions

  3. What is obesity? • Fleshiness: more than average fatness (seriously overweight) • BMI • Waistline • Height minus 100 • Hip-waist-ratio

  4. The global obesity problem

  5. U.S. - Income 1971-1974: • Less than $25,000: 22.5% obese • $25,000-$40,000: 16.1% obese • $40,000-$60,000: 14.5% obese • More than $60,000: 9.7% obese 2001-2002: • Less than $25,000: 32.5% obese • $25,000-$40,000: 31.3% obese • $40,000-$60,000: 30.3% obese • More than $60,000: 26.8% obese Increasing • Less than $25,000: increase of 144% • $25,000-$40,000: increase of 194% • $40,000-$60,000: increase of 209% • More than $60,000: increase of 276%

  6. Causes of Obesity • Carbohydrate contains 17 kJ pr. gram. • Protein contains 17 kJ pr. gram • Fat contains 38 kJ pr. gram • To build one kilo of fatty tissue you must eat 32.000 kJ

  7. A meal at McDonalds • Big Big Tasty menu at McDonalds with pommes sauce and one McFlurry = 8380 kJ 1 kilo in 4 days

  8. Causes of Obesity • Stress • Satiety • Inheritance • Leptin Convulsions: krampetrækninger Tissue: væv Metabolic rate: stofskifte

  9. Risks of overweight and obesity • Hearth diseases and strokes • Diabetes • Sleep Apnoea • Gout • Gallbladder Disease

  10. What to do? • Increase physical activity • Eat better • Parents should focus on their children’s health • Stop advertising for junk food for children • Campaigns

  11. Predictions • 12 m adults & 1 m children will be obese in 2010 (UK government) • Two obese parents – 4 times the risk • WHO 25 % increase in deaths caused by diabetes ”People are not thin one day and fat the next, or vice versa!”

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