By Julie, Lene & Tineke

Obesity

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

U.S. - Income1971-1974: • 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%

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

A meal at McDonalds

• Big Big Tasty menu at McDonalds

with pommes sauce

and one McFlurry

= 8380 kJ

1 kilo in 4 days

Causes of Obesity

• Stress

• Satiety

• Inheritance

• Leptin

Convulsions: krampetrækninger

Tissue: vævMetabolic rate: stofskifte

Risks of overweight and obesity

• Hearth diseases and strokes

• Diabetes

• Sleep Apnoea

• Gout

• Gallbladder Disease

What to do?

• Increase physical activity

• Eat better

• Parents should focus on their children’s health

• Stop advertising for junk food for children

• Campaigns

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!”