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1. Healthy weight :-
a body weight in relation to your height that doesn't increase the risk of developing any weight-related health problems or diseases.
- overweight
weight in excess of the average given height, based on height-weight tables a BMI of 25-29.9
- normal weight
BMI of 18.5-24.9
- underweight
weight less then average for a given height-weight tables, a weight of less than 18.5
- obesity
excessive accumulation of body fat a BMI of over 30 and 25% excess in women and more than 32% in men.
2. Health risks for overweight individuals :-
- Heart diseases
- Hypertension
- Stroke
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Atherosclerosis
3. Health risks for underweight individuals :-
- Malnutrition
- Unproper growth and development
- Retarded growth
- Compromised immunity
- Infections
4. Prevention and therapeutic techniques :-
- Awareness related to risks of overweight and underweight
- Health education
- Medical checkups
- Lifestyle modification
5. Eating disorders are those disorders which are related to eating habits . Example :-
- Anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
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2) Is this an observational study or a manipulative study?
3) What is the dependent variable, and what type is it (ex:
interval, ratio, nominal, ordinal)
4) What is the independent variable, how many levels does it have,...
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really need to study this for my final exam. Your help will be
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between-subjects, within-subjects, etc).
Is this an observational study or a manipulative study?
What is the dependent variable, and what type is it (ex:
interval, ratio, nominal, ordinal)
What is the independent variable, how many levels does it have,
and what type is...
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