Appetite And Weight Flashcards
Obesity BMI value
30-39.9
Bio electrical impedance analysis?
Pass radio waves through body to calculate how much water, bone etc
Pro inflammatory cytokines?
TNF alpha and Il6
How many T2DM picked up at routine test?
50%
Obstructive sleep apnoea?
Snoring and awake disrupted sleep
Diabetes can cause in liver?
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, 90% of obese people have it
What can NAFLD lead to?
1/5 Non alcoholic steatohepatitis and then 1/5 cirrhosis and chronic liver disease
How does obesity cause cancer?
Increased insulin, oestrogen, adipocytokines, IGF-1 and reflux
What can obesity cause in reproductive system?
POCS, hypogonadism (low Testosterone conversion to oestrogen), adverse pregnancy outcomes
What can obesity cause?
Osteoarthritis, gout
Rare genes disorders causing obesity?
Prader willi and Bardet biedl- children keep eating don’t realise
Cholecystokinin/PPY?
- dont eat
Ghrelin
+ eating
Orlistat works by?
Binds and inhibits lipases, prevents hydrolysis of fat into absorbable free fatty acids/glycerol
So you excrete 1/3 of dietary fat
Orlistat adverse effects?
Flatulence, diarrhoea, oily faecal leakage,
Less absorption of fat soluble vitamins ADEK, supplements