Overnutrition

  • Linda Bandini
  • , Albert Flynn
  • , Renee Scampini

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingsChapterpeer-review

Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled:
- Introduction
- Identification
- Energy balance
- Factors in the development of obesity
- Consequences of obesity
- Perspectives on the future
- Adverse effects of vitamins and minerals: concepts
- Derivation of the tolerable upper intake level
- Use of tolerable upper intake levels as dietary reference standards
- Further reading
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNutrition and Metabolism
Subtitle of host publicationSecond Edition
EditorsDr Susan A Lanham-New, Professor Ian A Macdonald, Associate Professor Helen M Roche
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Chapter16
Pages360-377
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9781444327779
ISBN (Print)9781405168083
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2010

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Body fat measure, laboratory methods - dual- energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), total body water and hydrodensitometry
  • Body mass index (BMI) - recommended international screening tool in identifying obesity
  • Dietary reference standards - dietary intake nutritional adequacy evaluation
  • Genetic factors - and body fatness heritability
  • Genetic mutations and obesity
  • Obesity, increasing - in developed and developing countries
  • Obesity, increasing risk of chronic diseases
  • Overnutrition
  • Racial differences in obesity prevalence - differences in energy expenditure
  • Triceps skinfold (TSF) thickness measure - index of subcutaneous fatness

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