Health Matters! Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds

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• Mamatov Zavkiddin

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Body weight

• Body weight is determined by energy intake from food and energy output, i.e. energy needed for basic body processes (such as keeping the heart beating) and for physical activity.
• If a person regularly takes in even a little more energy from their diet than they need, they will start to gain weight and eventually become overweight.
• Carrying too much extra weight as fat
• may impair health

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Obesity around the world

• The World Health Organisation (WHO) projected in 2005 that there were approximately 1.6 billion overweight adults (age +15) and 400 million obese adults.
• WHO estimated at least 20 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight in 2005.

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Obesity in Britain

• Over the last 25 years the number of adults who are obese is almost four times as great.
• Two thirds of UK adults are now considered overweight. Of these, 22% of men and 23% of women are considered obese.

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Fat storage

• It is normal to store fat during growth, particularly during infancy and adolescence. It is therefore difficult to measure obesity in children.
• The NHS data (2005) shows the number of obese children has tripled over the last 20 years. At least 10% of six-year-olds and 17% of 15-year-olds are now obese.
• Childhood obesity is a strong indication that the child will be obese as an adult and is likely to lead to health risks in later life.

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Health problems associated with obesity

• People who are obese are more likely to suffer from:
• • coronary heart disease;
• • type 2 diabetes;
• • gall stones;
• • arthritis;
• • high blood pressure;
• • some types of cancers, i.e. colon,
• breast, kidney and stomach.

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