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| how do you calculate BMI? |
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| BMI is calculated by weight in kg/height in meters squared |
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| what does BMI not measure? |
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| BMI does not measure fat mass or percentage |
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three ways fatness is framed as a problem:
1. immorality frame
2. medical frame
3. public health crisis frame |
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three ways in which fatness is not framed as a problem:
1. health at every size
2. beauty
3. fat rights |
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| a semiautonomous social space with it's own rules. people and institutions compete for distinction and influence within specific fields, based on that field's rules and associated forms of capital. |
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| a form of symbolic capital. the actual or potential resources liked to social networks |
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| a form of symbolic capital. the knowledge, skills, and education that give a person advantages in a given society. |
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| fat is a moral problem and is the evidence of gluttony and sloth. to overcome fat, people need to exercise moral restraint. similar to sin or sexual immorality. it is backed by religious authorities and most proponents are males. |
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| fat is a medical problem that needs to alleviated with proper treatments. backed by doctors and medical journalists, most proponents are males. ex- health master frame: cancer, smoking |
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| increasing population weight is a public health crisis that needs to be fixed by reducing the BMI at the population level. Backed by commercial weight loss companies as well as government and health agencies, proponents are mostly males. Ex- health/economic frames: epidemic, smoking. |
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| health at every size frame |
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| the focus on weight loss and dieting are health problems and people of all sizes should learn to eat when needed and exercise because that's how our bodies are supposed to function. backed by support groups (?), mostly women proponents. Ex- health frame: yellow teeth, baldness |
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| tendency to equate thinness is an aesthetic problem and fat should be seen as beautiful. Backed by fat admirers, mostly male proponents. Ex- aesthetics frame: clear complexion |
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| weight based discrimination is a social justice problem and needs to be combated in the work place, public spaces, and healthcare. Backed by fat rights movement and organizations, mostly female proponents. ex- equal rights frame: race, gender, sexuality, disability. |
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| influence/credibility in the fat field |
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| influence/credibility in the fat field is affected by how much capital an individual/organization has and how much economic power and symbolic authority that capital is worth. |
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| age of delayed degenerative diseases |
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| people are beginning to contract these chronic illnesses later in life |
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| as seen in the US and Europe, these populations moved through the epidemologic transition in about 300-400 years |
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| as seen in Japan, these populations experienced a rapid increase in life expectancy as well as a a significant and rapid drop in infant mortality |
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| contemporary delayed model |
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| seen in developing countries, these populations have had huge advances in health care, but still experience large infant mortality rates. they are in a sort of limbo between age of reducing pandemics and age of degenerative and man made diseases |
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| where do the majority of undernourishment cases occur? |
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| the majority of undernourishment cases take place in food rich coutries |
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| undernutrition occurs when caloric intake falls below the Minimum Dietary Energy Requirement, or the amount of energy needed for light activity and a minimum acceptable weight for attained height |
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| life cycle perspective of undernutrition |
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| the first 1000 days of a child's life is crucial for their development. they are also extremely dependent upon others for their sustenance and require lots of calories to fuel their rapid growth and development. |
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| measures of hunger and nutrition in adults |
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| measures of hunger and nutrition in children and adolescents |
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1. height for age
2. height for weight
3. weight for height |
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| measures long term/chronic hunger through height for age measurements |
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| measures short term hunger/malnourishment through height for weight |
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| composite measurement of long and short term hunger/nourishment through weight to height |
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| at what point does catch up growth become minimal? |
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| after 24 months, catch up growth is minimal |
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| what has happened to the world wide proportion of stunted children and what does this reflect? |
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| there has been a decrease in the proportion of stunted children, especially in sub-Saharan africa and south asia, and this reflects these populations' movements from pandemics to degenerate disease |
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| short term health consequences of childhood undernourishment |
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| mortality, morbidity, disability, increased chances of death, contraction of measles, AIDS |
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| long term health consequences of childhood undernourishment |
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| adult height, cognitive ability, reproductive performance, metabolic and cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, undernourished birth, degenerate disease |
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| social consequences of childhood undernourishment |
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poor school achievement, which in the long term can result in up to 22% yearly income reduction.
economic productivity
marriage candidates: fewer and less optimal (this is not based off appearances dude to undernourishment. based off lurking factors) |
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| causes of childhood undernourishment |
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1. food
2. healthcare
3. sociocultural
4. economic
5. political
6. environment
7. developed nations |
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| maternal nutrition and health before pregnancy, dietary diversity, quality of food |
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| health and care causation |
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| infant nutrition, such as breastfeeding, frequency of infections, micronutrient supplementation, household environment (sanitation), health services |
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| sociocultural and economic causation |
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women's educational attainment and income, gender differences in nutritional status (male children are more likely to become malnourished), women's autonomy/decision making abilities.
includes ethnicity and religion, residential location, technology. |
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| developed nation's causation |
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| "guns, not food," world bank and debt/loans, rushed development, exporting agriculture, international market crashes of 2008-2009: amount of aid dropped and food prices rose. |
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| where do most stunted children live? |
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| most stunted children are from poor and/or rural homes. |
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| environmental causes of childhood malnutrition |
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| famines/drought, deforestation, urbanization, global warming |
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| political/country-specific causation |
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| residential location (rural vs. urban), political instability |
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