Exam 8: Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: an Issue for Public Health Policy

The Let's Move! campaign is currently the most widespread governmental public awareness campaign for preventing childhood obesity.

Multiple datasets suggest that calorie consumption has ____ in recent years, notably among children and young adults.

​Match the program in the left column with its government sponsor in the right column. Options may be used more than once. -​Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools

​Match the program in the left column with its government sponsor in the right column. Options may be used more than once. -​HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding

Excessive fat is indicated by a waist circumference of ____ for men and ____ for women.

Overweight in children is defined as having a BMI ____.

Obesity for adults is divided into _____ classes based on the degree of obesity.

As weight is often underreported in self-report surveys, we can assume that the actual prevalence of overweight and obesity is somewhat higher than that ascertained from BRFSS data.

​Define overweight and obesity for adults.

​Match the program in the left column with its government sponsor in the right column. Options may be used more than once. -​Coordinated School Health Program

Research suggests that childhood depression is associated with an increased BMI in adulthood.

Reflecting back upon your years in high school, what are some areas in which health and wellness were not promoted?

If public health approaches to address obesity are implemented, the obesity epidemic can be expected to follow a pattern similar to smoking rates, which ____.

Environmental and social trends that have been identified as possible contributors to the global obesity epidemic include ____.

Urban sprawl has been linked to ____.

____ is the amount of energy able to be metabolized per unit weight or volume of food.

_____, or body fat distributed around the abdomen, is more highly associated with metabolic disturbances and health problems.

The first step for the community nutritionist interested in addressing the obesity epidemic is to build awareness of____.

​Match the program in the left column with its government sponsor in the right column. Options may be used more than once. -​School Health Index for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating

Obesity in children is defined as having a BMI ____.