This presentation is about diet and how it affects the cardiovascular health

1. Chapter 1C

2. Learning objectives:

3. Weight issues
 Generally people who live
in developed countries or
some developing countries
have positive energy
balance.
 They become firstly
overweight, then obese.

4. The body mass index

6. Why BMI is not good
predictor?
 Age and gender are important
 Top athletes would have BMIs in the obese range
 Doesn’t recognise it is fat or muscle.

7. The waist-to-hip ratio

8. Tackling obesity
 Energy rich food is widely available and cheap
 Few jobs require manual labour
 Using cars, instead of walking or cycling

9. Diet and CVDs

10. Lipoproteins(conjugated
proteins)