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Diet, Obesity and BMI

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  1. What is malnutrition?

    A diet that is out of balance, with too little or too much of some nutrients.

  2. What happens to extra energy from food?

    It is stored as fat.

  3. What is the BMI equation?

    Mass in kg divided by height in m squared.

  4. What is a healthy BMI range?

    18.5 to 24.9.

  5. What BMI means overweight?

    25 to 29.9.

  6. What BMI means obese?

    30 or more.

  7. What BMI means underweight?

    Below 18.5.

  8. What is the waist to hip ratio?

    Waist measurement divided by hip measurement.

  9. Which waist to hip ratio shows a higher risk in men?

    Above 0.90.

  10. Which waist to hip ratio shows a higher risk in women?

    Above 0.85.

  11. Why can BMI be misleading in an athlete?

    Muscle has a larger mass than fat.

  12. Name two diseases linked to obesity.

    Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

  13. Name a deficiency disease caused by too little vitamin C.

    Scurvy.

  14. Which deficiency causes rickets?

    Vitamin D.

  15. How has obesity changed globally?

    It has nearly tripled since 1975.

  16. Common mistake in BMI calculations?

    Forgetting to square the height, or giving the height in centimetres.