Obesity Epidemic Summary
Chapter 8: Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: An issue for Public Health Policy
These notes contain some outline on obesity. You have to read the references from the CDC to further learn about obesity meaning that All the Online References are Mandatory. The video on titled “Childhood Obesity Epidemic” is mandatory and you watch it when you click “content”.
1. Defining the terms Obesity and Overweight as they apply to adults and children: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/defining.html
Definitions for Adults:
An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight.
An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.
Definitions for children:
Overweight is defined as a BMI at or above the 85th percentile and lower than the …show more content…
(i.e., at or above the 95th percentile), ranges from approximately 10 percent for infants and toddlers, to approximately 18 percent for adolescents and teenagers, although these rates appear to have remained relatively stable over the past 10 years, except for an increase for 6- to 19-year-old boys who are at the very heaviest weight levels, according to a CDC study appearing in the January 20 issue of JAMA.
3. Causes and Consequences: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/causes/index.html Why are overweight and obesity so prevalent now? There is no one underlying cause of obesity. Even though genetics play a big percentage in contributing to one individual for being overweight and obese, it is not the only factor. It is unlikely that it is the only cause for the increased prevalence of obesity as changes in genetic makeup of an organism or population takes extended periods of time to occur. It is more likely that the rapid increased in obesity over the past three decades is due primarily to societal and environmental factors.
Factors contributing to obesity:
Caloric Balance
Environment
These notes contain some outline on obesity. You have to read the references from the CDC to further learn about obesity meaning that All the Online References are Mandatory. The video on titled “Childhood Obesity Epidemic” is mandatory and you watch it when you click “content”.
1. Defining the terms Obesity and Overweight as they apply to adults and children: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/defining.html
Definitions for Adults:
An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight.
An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.
Definitions for children:
Overweight is defined as a BMI at or above the 85th percentile and lower than the …show more content…
(i.e., at or above the 95th percentile), ranges from approximately 10 percent for infants and toddlers, to approximately 18 percent for adolescents and teenagers, although these rates appear to have remained relatively stable over the past 10 years, except for an increase for 6- to 19-year-old boys who are at the very heaviest weight levels, according to a CDC study appearing in the January 20 issue of JAMA.
3. Causes and Consequences: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/causes/index.html Why are overweight and obesity so prevalent now? There is no one underlying cause of obesity. Even though genetics play a big percentage in contributing to one individual for being overweight and obese, it is not the only factor. It is unlikely that it is the only cause for the increased prevalence of obesity as changes in genetic makeup of an organism or population takes extended periods of time to occur. It is more likely that the rapid increased in obesity over the past three decades is due primarily to societal and environmental factors.
Factors contributing to obesity:
Caloric Balance
Environment