Obesity Flashcards
(18 cards)
What is weight bias
Discrimination based on ones weight
Negative stereotypes - lazy/lacking self discipline
Apparent in workplace/education/healthcare
What are the types of weight bias
Direct
Environmental
Indirect
What does obesity increase risk of
- type 2 diabetes
- hypertension
- coronary heart disease
- certain cancers
- osteoarthritis
- depression
What is the BMI which is the equivalent to smoking
40+
Obesity rates males and females
26% with BMI over 30
Percentage of men and women who are overweight (over 25 BMI)
M = 69%
W = 58%
Rates of overweight or obese for under 24s and over 55s
Lower than average for young
More than average for old
Since the 1990s how has the obesity rates changed?
Increased, less people now are living the ideal BMI
And more people living living with increased obesity
More women living with severe rates of obesity, less living at ideal range.
Obesity and deprivation
The more deprivation the higher prevalence of obesity - from index of multiple deprivation
Women living in most deprived areas most likely to be obese
Ways of measuring obesity
BMI
Adult mean wright circumference
Use in tandem via NICE guidelines to factor in health risks
Combined approach
Why is adult mean waist circumference good to assess obesity
- shows how much visceral fat there is ‘central adiposity’
- higher waist circumference associated with obesity related illness
Is obesity a chronic illness
Yes
Accepted as chronic disease by WHO and AMA
Why is preclinical and clinical obesity
Takes onto consideration, muscle mass as well as BMI
To determine, no obesity/preclinical obesity/clinical obesity
What is an obesogenic environment
Where obesity is a normal response to an abnormal environment
It’s locked into lifestyles - toxic for energy balance
Due to technological advancement
Convenience foods
What is core system engine
A map of obesity
How external factors affect what you consumer and how complicated body weight and developing obesity is
- looks past individual psychology/choices
Passive weight gain
- how the food environment facilitates an abnormal wright gain
- some more susceptible than others (genetic risks)
Family obesity
A child with non-obese parents unlikely to develop obesity
One parent = most likely
Both parents = less likely than 1
Shared genes and shared environment
Management of obesity
BMI ———— intervention
- 25-29.9 =general advice
+ high waist circumference/comorbidity = diet/drugs/activity
30-39.9 =plys semaglutide/liraglutide
40+ also consider bariatric surgery
