Obesity
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- Created on: 11-01-16 09:21
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- Obesity
- Causes
- Global shift in diet towards unhealthier foods
- Decrease in physical activity – low energy work, more transport, urbanisation
- Effect
- Cancer
- Airlines recalculate passenger capacity
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes
- USA triple width coffins
- Move from saturated to unsaturated fats
- Increase physical activity
- Increase fruit, veg and whole grain
- Life expectancy of obese smokers drops by 14 years
- Response
- Food industry – reduce fat, salt and sugar of processed food
- Food industry – reduce portion size
- Food industry – advertise healthy foods, limit unhealthy
- Sugar tax
- Labelling on food and drink
- Causes
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