NS 1400 - Biological Aspects of Obesity 1+2
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Hormones
________ help to maintain a balance between energy intake and expenditure.
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Pancreas
________- facilitates digestion and regulates metabolism and appetite.
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Thermic effect of food
________- energy needed to metabolize meals.
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Permeable blood brain
________ barrier "allows hormones to directly interact with connected systems.
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Hypothalamus
________ is the main site of sensory integration.
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Gut hormones
________ have orexigenic and anorexigenic effects.
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Ghrelin
________ produced by the stomach stimulates food intake.
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Diagnosis of obesity
________ requires an assessment of body composition.
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branch of biology
The ________ concerned with the functioning of living organisms, and their constituent tissues and cells.
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energy expenditure
Resting ________- resting metabolic rate.
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Densitometry (ex
underwater/hydrostatic weighing)
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Android obesity
excess central adiposity
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Gynoid obesity
excess adiposity below the waist
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Gut/gastrointestinal system
digest and absorb nutrients
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Pancreas
facilitates digestion and regulates metabolism and appetite
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Adipose
releases stored nutrients
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Resting energy expenditure
resting metabolic rate
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Thermic effect of food
energy needed to metabolize meals
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Energy spent in physical activity
most modifiable
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Contributing factors include
age, sex, body size and composition, hormones
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