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From early hominid diet…to early agriculture
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gatherers? what an evolution?
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gatherers? what an evolution?
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Dietary changes by civilization
Simple sugars
Complex sugars
Fat
Sodium
Potassium
Alcohol
Percentage of energy obtained from various food
components
15-20 10-15 40 +
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Fat
Metabolic Syndrome
• Currently there are about 59 million deaths per year in the world
CHO
Energy lipids Energy Energy
intake proteins stored expenditure
alcohol
Fuel oxidation
Fuel
substrates
Principles of energy balance
Food
Energy intake
Energy Expenditure
(Heat production)
(metabolic rate)
The body's energy stores
Energy 4 4 9 7
density
(kcal / g)
Gross energy
The human body is designed for activity
• Evolutionary history teaches us that early humans could not have survived
without the ability to perform very demanding physical work
Metabolic Syndrome (Criteria)
According to ATP-III
if > 3 criteria:
- Abdominal adiposity if waist circumference
men > 102 cm
women > 88 cm
• Blood pressure > 130 / > 85 mmHg
• Glycemia (fasted) > 6.1 mmol/l
• Triglycerides > 1.7 mmol/l
• HDL-chol
men < 1.04 mmol/l
women < 1.3 mmol/l
Rdar/Oct04
Metabolic Syndrome
Obesity
Intra-abdominal fat
Abdominal
obesity
Diabetes Insulin resistance
type II Hyperinsulinaemia Arterial
hypertension
Cardiovascular
diseases
Evaluation of body fat a person?
BMI (BMI)
Bioimpedance analysis
Bioimpedance Skin fold