NS 1400 - Biological Aspects of Obesity 1+2

Hormones

________ help to maintain a balance between energy intake and expenditure.

Pancreas

________- facilitates digestion and regulates metabolism and appetite.

Thermic effect of food

________- energy needed to metabolize meals.

Permeable blood brain

________ barrier "allows hormones to directly interact with connected systems.

Hypothalamus

________ is the main site of sensory integration.

Gut hormones

________ have orexigenic and anorexigenic effects.

Ghrelin

________ produced by the stomach stimulates food intake.

Diagnosis of obesity

________ requires an assessment of body composition.

branch of biology

The ________ concerned with the functioning of living organisms, and their constituent tissues and cells.

energy expenditure

Resting ________- resting metabolic rate.

Densitometry (ex

underwater/hydrostatic weighing)

Android obesity

excess central adiposity

Gynoid obesity

excess adiposity below the waist

Gut/gastrointestinal system

digest and absorb nutrients

Pancreas

facilitates digestion and regulates metabolism and appetite

Adipose

releases stored nutrients

Resting energy expenditure

resting metabolic rate

Thermic effect of food

energy needed to metabolize meals

Energy spent in physical activity

most modifiable

Contributing factors include

age, sex, body size and composition, hormones