Appetite Flashcards
Define appetite.
The natural instinctive desire for food.
What is easier if you are physically fit in relation to energy intake?
Regulating body weight
Appetite is the interaction between:
Biology (including psychology) and the environment
Define hunger
A craving for food. Caused by emptiness and resulting in hyper motility of the stomach.
How does hunger trigger eating behaviour?
Via numerous neuro-hormonal mechanisms
Define satiation
Characterised by sensation of a full stomach. Leads to a person stopping eating during a meal so determines the size of a meal
Define satiety
Sensation of fullness, period of hunger inhibition from one meal to another. Determines meal pattern and frequency.
What can affect the accuracy of body weight measurements?
Oedema - water retention
What does VAS stand for?
Visual analogue score
How long is a VAS line?
100mm equals 10cm
What is the main limitation with VAS scores?
Only repeatable within one person cannot compare 2 people
Name the two sensory signals that can affect energy intake.
Psychosocial - food preferences from childhood. Perceived weight etc
Organoleptic - don’t tend to over eat unpleasant food
Where do the signals come from in short term and long term?
Short term - post meal signal, hormones
Long term - signal from body fat store
Name the meal related afferent signals.
Gherlin
PYY
GLP-1
Name the long term afferent signals.
PP
Insulin
Lepton
Where does Ghrelin come from?
Stomach
Where does PYY and GLP-1 come from
Intestine
Where does PP and insulin come from
Pancreas
Where does leptin come from
White adipose tissue