Gender
This gender has a higher prevalence of severe obesity (BMI of 40 or higher) in both childhood and adulthood
What is women?
More accessibility and overconsumption of this food causes more obesity in ethnic groups living in low income areas.
What is fast food?
This term describes the practice of using derogatory language and jokes about obesity
Fat shaming
This BMI signals obesity
What is BMI 30+?
This is how age affects obesity
What is a decrease in muscle?
As of the most recent data, this gender's obesity rates are nearly equal across all age groups.
What is men and women?
This ethnicity has the highest rate of obesity in the US, compared to other ethnic groups
What are African Americans?
This movement advocates for acceptance of all body types
What is the Body Positivity Movement?
This is a major risk factor for obesity
Hypertension and Heart disease
The age group most prone to obesity is
What are adults?
These are the fat deposits primarily found in the abdominal region, which are more common in men and are associated with higher health risks.
What is visceral fat?
This chronic disease has increased risk for ethnic minorities due to overweightness or obesity.
What is Type II diabetes?
Media representations contribute to the social stigma of obesity by...
What is promoting unrealistic beauty standards?
This cardiovascular disease is most common
Coronary heart disease
The area that accumulates the most body fat in adults is
What is the stomach/abdomen area?
This hormone, which tends to decrease in both men and women as they age, is one of the reasons why adults may struggle with weight gain.
What is testosterone (in men) or estrogen (in women)?
This ethnic group has the lowest reported obesity rate.
What are Asians?
This is a common misconception about the causes of obesity
What is poor lifestyle choices?
Obesity affects insulin within the body by causing...
Insuline Resistance
The primary Factor that affects our bodies ability to convert food into energy is
What is metabolism?
Recent data indicates that this age group among men shows the highest rates of obesity.
What is 40-59 years old?
The percentage of obese African American adolescent girls are this much more than White adolescent girls.
What is more than 2x as much?
This is how weight stigma affects patient care
What is misdiagnosis?
What is inadequate treatment?
What is fear of judgement?
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) leads to ___ oxygen and _____ carbon dioxide levels in the blood
What is lower and higher?
This physical condition that gets worsened by both an increase in age and weight
What is arthritis?