8. Blood Glucose and Obesity

Question 1

Which type of blood vessels are most vulnerable to damage by excessive blood glucose?

Answer 1

Capillaries

Question 2

Which conditions are more likely to effect diabetics?

Answer 2

Retinal damage, renal failure and peripheral nerve dysfunction

Question 3

Receptors in which organ detect changes in blood glucose levels?

Answer 3

Pancreas

Question 4

Which hormone is secreted when glucose levels increase?

Answer 4

Insulin

Question 5

Which hormone is secreted when blood glucose levels decrease?

Answer 5

Glucagon

Question 6

Excessive glucose is stored in the liver as which carbohydrate?

Answer 6

Glycogen

Question 7

Which hormone always acts to increase blood glucose during the fight or flight response?

Answer 7

Adrenaline

Question 8

Which form of diabetes results from destruction of the insulin producing pancreatic cells?

Answer 8

Type 1

Question 9

Which form of diabetes results from insulin resistance?

Answer 9

Type 2

Question 10

Which procedure is used to diagnose diabetes?

Answer 10

Glucose Tolerance Test

Question 11

Which conditions does obesity increase the likelihood of developing?

Answer 11

CVD and Type 2 diabetes

Question 12

What is used to measured obesity?

Answer 12

Body Mass Index (BMI)

Question 13

How is BMI calculated?

Answer 13

body mass/height squared

Question 14

A BMI of over which value would indicate obesity?

Answer 14

30

Question 15

Which molecules should be minimised in order to reduce obesity?

Answer 15

Fats and free sugars