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Module 1 Obesity is a Puzzle
Kids stuff:
American estimates for 5-13 yr olds 7 million
14-17yr olds approx half that 3.5 milion
more youth are getting fat and the fat youths are getting fatter
Gerald Kamish
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boy that left and returned to program and saw progress as a result of following program and his own growth in height that allowed him to eventually become less obese
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Agreement is hard to Find
What does it connect with? AND HOW?
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Genetic, biochemical, social, physiological and behavioral variables
G,BS, PB
We don't know how |
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| Agreement is hard to find ...when scientists are serching for obesity answeres what areas do they tend to focus? |
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| They want to look at the epidemology and natural history of the child obesity engima to find principals they can all agree on; but they can't find any. |
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| Explain the early obesity and later obesity alliance |
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| it warns that fat children will eventually become fat adults |
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| If there is a genetic predisposition to obesity is there any hope of saving the child from becoming obese? |
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| Obesity can be slowed in childhood before the fat cells multiple to overwhelming numbers. |
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| I am an obese man and my wife is not what are the chances that we will have obese children? |
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| My husband and I are both obese, we are hoping that our children wont go through what we are having to deal with. What are the chances that are children will escape being predisposed? |
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true or False
I was always an active kid and never had a weight problem but now as an adult I cant seem to loose weight from my pregnancy because during the 3rd trimester I gained too much weight. |
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False
Its the fetus's weight that is affected during the 3rd trimester; your weight problem is due to some other explanation |
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| I wouldnt worry too much about controling a childs weight they will eventually grow taller and loose the baby fat. Let the kid be a kid and let his body be his guide of how much food he needs. |
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| Not nessasarily a child could have a predisposition to obesity and if not addressed as a child he could accumulate an excess number of fat cells that will taunt him for life. |
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| My body response really well to excercise. I do occationally gain weight but as soon as I start to move a bit and cut out the sweets I am back to normal size. I loose fat cells very easily.I must be lucky |
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| Yes your lucky but not that you can loose your fat cells. They are with you for life. Your problem likely is just that the fat cells you have will shrink easily but you still have the same amount it's just whats in them that you loose. |
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| I finally lost 25 pounds and I can feel my stomach has shrunk. Why is it now though that no matter what I eat I am still hungry? |
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| Could be that you have excess fat cells and you shrunk them all so thin that they want to be fattend up again. |
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What are the crital periods when fat cells are known to proliferate?
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During the latter part of gestation
first year after birth
latter part of childhood
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| What are the part of the obesity Puzzel? |
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Temperment
Race
Separation
Stress
Fat Cells
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| What are the pieces of the obesity puzzel? |
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Eating
Inactivity
Relationship with Parents |
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| Who has a higher chances of become fat in western culture a poor woman or a rich woman? |
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| In western culture who is more likely to become fat as a child a poor girl or a rich girl? |
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| What have obesity studies in identical and non identical twins implied? |
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| That obesity is genetic, but it can also be avoided. you may have the genes but through environment escape it |
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| I have a student who is very overweight but I am not worried because she doesnt have obesity in her family so she will grow out of it. |
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False
Even if there is no genetics a child's risks of becoming an obese adolecent and then adult will undoubtly increase if weight gain continues regardless of the parents genetics. |
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| I am fat my sister is not. Her husband is normal weight but we have fat in the family. What are chances that their first child will have a fat problem? |
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7%
Both parents are not obese |
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