Body mass index

In Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma, he explains the journey of how corn developed to what it is today. In 1866, “corn syrup . . . became the first cheap domestic substitute for cane sugar” (Pollan 88). Then as corn refining started to be perfected, high-fructose corn syrup became quite popular. Pollan states that high-fructose corn syrup “is the most valuable food product refined from corn, accounting for 530 million bushels every year” (89). Once these different food processes were…

Sugar is not a required nutrient; therefor the USDA doesn’t put an official RDA on it. This has created a problem with overconsumption of added sugars within the population. These added sugars contribute an average of 16 percent of the total calories in American diets, with 36 percent of the calories being consumed in the form of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs), such as sodas, fruit drinks, and energy drinks.1 Although the USDA has not yet set a daily limit for added sugar consumption, it…

Body mass increase subsequent to stopping is a genuine sympathy toward a few smokers. Around eighty for percent of smokers put on body mass when they quit.5 Be that as it may, most ex-smokers just pick up an unobtrusive measure of body mass. The normal body mass addition is around five kilograms in the principal year in the wake of stopping and quitting smoking cigarettes and around six to seven kilograms2. Individuals who quit can have altogether different encounters with body mass change,…

Abstract: The goal of the study was to develop and validate a weekly, semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for low-income women. The food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was developed from an already existing, validated 195-item FFQ that was based on a standard reference period of 1-month. Mean daily servings of each food item in the original 195-item FFQ were calculated to determine the most frequently consumed food items. Emphasis on these items reduced the resultant FFQ to 95 items.…

Introduction In Ontario, obesity is a concern especially amongst adolescences which goes under diagnosed or ignored. This report will highlight the findings of various studies and the importance of being obese/overweight amongst adolescences in Ontario. This report will introduce the topics of theoretical underpinnings (interpretivism, positivism, and critical realism), research objectives, employed methodologies (quantitative and qualitative) and strength/limitations throughout studies.…

Discussion The research methods in the studies reviewed improved in sophistication and clarity over time from 2011 to 2016. Three of the studies determined that antibiotics resulted in a risk for increased BMI in boys but not in girls (Ajslev et al., 2011; Azad et al., 2014; Murphy, et al., 2014). In general, repeated exposures to antibiotics (Saari et al., 2015; Schwartz et al., 2016; Scott et al., 2016) or broad-spectrum antibiotics (Bailey et al., 2014), in particular macrolides (Saari et al…

information with his 120 cm waist circumference for an android body shape puts him at a very high disease risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, if not yet diagnosed as having one. He may need to lose at least 34 kilograms to reach a BMI of 25 kg/m2. His age at 67 years old and existing foot wound may affect the way he would be recommended lose weight with higher risk for falls. and reduced muscle mass may omit strenuous exercise from his regimen. A…

With over 2/3 of the American population classified as obese, and one in ten adults over 20 classified as extremely obese (BMI of 40+), obesity is not limited to one specific group (Filer, 2015). Rather, the effects of obesity can be seen through-out all ages, all ethnicities, and all economic classes. Obesity on its own is debilitating, but it is the host of other diseases that it entails that causes additional health problems. The need to eat is necessary to survive, however America’s constant…

Ten percent of Ghana’s population is made up of disabled people that is over two million people in Ghana that are disabled. Emmanuel’s Gift, directed by Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern, follows Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah as he overcomes his leg disability. Emmanuel was born without one of the bones in his right leg causing his leg to be deformed. Emmanuel fights through his disability and constant social rejection to strive for something more. This story abridges Emmanuel’s great accomplishments and…

Everything around us might affect positively or negatively on our bodies and health. People all around the world are categorized as people with normal weight and obese people. Individuals with BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 are considered to have normal weight, while people with BMI 30.0 or greater are obese. Obesity is gaining extra calories from fatty and carbohydrate food. A significant amount of people is facing an increase in weight. Obese people face many challenges and difficulties in…