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Energy Balance

Energy intake vs output

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Energy intake

kcals from food

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Energy output

kcals used by body

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Energy Equilibrium

Energy input equals output (same weight)

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Postive energy balance

Intake over output (gain weight)

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Negative energy balance

Energy intake less output (weight loss)

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How is food measured?

Bomb calorimetry

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Bioavaibilsty

Describes how much of a nutrient actually makes it into blood

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Hunger

Promotes eating/physiological drive to eat

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Satiation

signal to stop eating

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Satiety

no longer wanting to eat

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Appetite

Physiological drive to eat (pleasure)

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Neuroendocrine control

Nervals/ endocrine system

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Increase food intake

Ghrelin/ released via stomach

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Decrease food intake

Leptin/ fat cells

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Hypothalamus

region in brain for hunger/satiety

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How is energy output measured?

In/Direct calorimetry

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Direct calorimetry

Heat produced by body

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Indirect calorimetry

Oxygen used to create energy

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Basal metabolic rate (BMR)

Min energy needed to keep organs/constant body temp

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Resting metabolic rate (RMR)

Includes stress and injury repair

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Thremogensis

Shivering and fidgeting

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Thermic effect of food

Energy used to digest, absorb, and metabolize food

Used to create enzymes/transport molecules

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Phsycial Acitivity

Energy used to move body

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Being overweight health impacts

heart disease, stroke, High BP, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and joint diabetes

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Being underwieght impacts

Osteoprosis, skin/dental health, anemia, immune supression, slowed/stopped growth

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BMI

weight / height squared

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BMI does not account for

Bone mass and muscel mass

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Acessing body fat

underwater weighting, bioletrical impedure, DEXA scan, and skin fold test

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Body fat reccomendations

Men 8-24%

Women 21-35%

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Subcutaneous fat

right under skin

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Visceral fat

Around organs/ health problems

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Android obesity

excess fat around abdomen

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Gyroid obesity

Excess fat hips/thighs

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Lose weight

Reduce kcal intake, excerise, avoid alcohol

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Gain weight

Increase kcal intake, increase fat/energy dense foods, small meals, and exercise